ἀποδοκεῖ
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
English (LSJ)
impers., (δοκέω) mostly c. μή et inf., ἀπέδοξέ σφι μὴ τιμωρέειν
A it seemed good to them not to do, they resolved not .., Hdt. 1.152; ἐπεί σφι ἀ. μὴ ἐπιδιώκειν Id.8.111; without μή, X.An.2.3.9: sts. with inf. omitted, ὥς σφι ἀπέδοξε when they resolved not (to go on), when they changed their mind, Hdt.1.172.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποδοκεῖ: ἀπρόσωπ. (δοκέω), τὸ πλεῖστον μετὰ τοῦ μὴ καὶ ἀπαρ., ἀπέδοξέ σφι μὴ τιμωρέειν, ἐφάνη καλὸν εἰς αὐτοὺς νὰ μη..., Ἡρόδ. 1. 152· ἐπεί τέ σφι ἀπ. μήτ’ ἐπιδιώκειν ὁ αὐτ. 8. 111· ὡσαύτως ἄνευ τοῦ μή, Ξεν. Ἀν. 2. 3, 9: ἐνίοτε ἄνευ τοῦ ἀπαρεμ., ὥς σφι ἀπέδοξε, ὅτε ἀπεφάσισαν νὰ μὴ (προχωρήσωσι περαιτέρω), ὅτε μετέβαλον γνώμην, Ἡρόδ. 1. 172.
