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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Il.7.192</span>, Att. impf. [[ἐδόκουν]], Ep. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δοκέεσκον <span class="title">AP</span>5.298 (Agath.): —Med., δοκέοντο <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.296</span>: part. [[δοκεύμενος]] ib.<span class="bibl">109</span>: the fut. and other tenses are twofold: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> fut. [[δόξω]] and aor. 1 [[ἔδοξα]] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.37</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>208</span>, etc.: pf. [[δέδοχα]] inferred from plpf. ἐδεδόχεσαν <span class="bibl">D.C.44.26</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐδόχθην <span class="bibl">Plb.21.10.8</span>, etc., (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.2</span>: pf. δέδογμαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.100</span>, etc.: plpf. ἐδέδοκτο <span class="bibl">Id.9.74</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> regul. forms (chiefly Trag., Com., and late Prose), fut. δοκήσω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>388</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>562</span>, etc. (once in <span class="bibl">Hdt., 4.74</span>); Dor. [[δοκησῶ]] or -ᾱσῶ <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.150</span>: aor. [[ἐδόκησα]], Ep. δόκ- <span class="bibl">Od.10.415</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.56</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1041</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1485</span>, etc.: pf. δεδόκηκα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>309</span> (lyr.):— Pass., aor. ἐδοκήθην <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1417</span> (anap.): pf. δεδόκημαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.19</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>763</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>726</span>, also in <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.16</span>.<b class="b3">γ;</b> but [[δεδοκημένος]] (q. v.) belongs to [[δέχομαι]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[expect]] (Iterat. of [[δέκομαι]], cf. δέχομαι <span class="bibl">11.3</span>): hence, [[think]], [[suppose]], [[imagine]], (opp. [[φρονέω]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>942</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pherecr.146.4</span>): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. et inf., δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα <span class="bibl">Il.7.192</span>; οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>, cf. ''ΙΙ'',<span class="bibl">27</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.5</span>, etc.: rarely with inf. omitted, <b class="b3">δοκῶ… οὐδὲν ῥῆμα… κακὸν [εἶναι</b>] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>61</span>; <b class="b3">τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι</b>] <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>5.7.26</span>; freq. in relating a dream or vision, <b class="b3">τεκεῖν δράκοντ' ἔδοξεν</b> she [[thought]] a serpent produced young, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>527</span>; <b class="b3">ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν… φέρειν</b> [[methought]] an eagle was carrying, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>15</span>; ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ' εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>259</span>: with inf. only, <b class="b3">ἔδοξ' ἰδεῖν</b> [[methought]] I saw, ib.<span class="bibl">408</span>; ἔδοξ' ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>315e</span>; ἔδοξ' ἐν ὕπνῳ… οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>44</span> (sts. also, as in signf. ''ΙΙ'', ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε… μολεῖν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>181</span>; ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ… μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν <span class="bibl">Alex.272.4</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[think]] to do, [[purpose]], ὅταν δ' ἀείδειν… δοκῶ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[have]] or [[form an opinion]], περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.65</span>; mostly in parenthetic phrases, ὡς δοκῶ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264e</span>; [[δοκῶ]] alone, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.65</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>47</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>126b</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς δοκεῖς;</b> to call attention to something remarked, τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖς; καθύβρισεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>446</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>1160</span>, <span class="bibl">Diph.96</span>, etc.; πόσον δοκεῖς; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>399</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">δοκῶ μοι</b> I [[seem to myself]], [[methinks]], c. inf., ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.93</span>, etc.; ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>6.11</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ μοι δοκῶ</b> I [[think]] not... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>158e</span>; <b class="b3">δοκῶ μοι</b> parenthetic, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Thg.</span>121d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δοκῶ μοι</b> I [[am determined]], [[resolved]], c. inf. pres., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>177</span>, etc.: c. inf. fut., <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.53</span>, etc.: c. inf. aor., dub. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>671</span>, etc.: rarely without μοι, [[think fit]], σὺ δ' αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 650</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[seem]], [[pretend]], c. inf. (with or without neg.), <b class="b3">ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν</b>] dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Alcm.87</span>; οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.10</span>; οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν <span class="bibl">Pherecr.163</span>; τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1314a39</span>; ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>67</span>; πόσους δοκεῖς… ὁρῶντας… μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶν; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>462</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1146</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.5.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Pass., to [[be considered]], δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>612d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος</b> the [[current opinions]], ib.<span class="bibl">490a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> Med., <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.296</span>; <b class="b3">δοκεύμενος… ἀλύξειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">109</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of an Object, [[seem]], c. dat. pers. et inf. pres., δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν <span class="bibl">Od.5.342</span>; <b class="b3">δόκησε δ' ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ</b>… their heart [[seemed]] just as if... [[felt]] as though... <span class="bibl">10.415</span>: c. inf. fut., [[seem likely]], δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.6.338</span>: c. inf. aor. (never in Hom.), <b class="b3">τί δ' ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος</b> (sc. [[ποιῆσαι]]); <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>935</span>; [[seem]] or [[be thought]] to have done, esp. of suspected persons, <span class="bibl">Th.2.21</span>; to [[be convicted]], ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι <span class="bibl">D.23.71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[seem]], as opp. to reality, τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται <span class="bibl">Simon.76</span>; οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ' εἶναι θέλει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>592</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>527b</span>; in full, τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>788</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[seem good]], [[be resolved on]], <b class="b3">εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">944</span>; τοιαῦτ' ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1030</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> freq. impers., <b class="b3">δοκεῖ μοι</b> [[it seems]] to me, [[methinks]], ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα <span class="bibl">Il.12.215</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ</b> as I [[think]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>369</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν</b> your [[opinion]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>487d</span>: freq. in inf. in parenth. clause, <b class="b3">ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν</b> [[to]] my [[thinking]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.113</span>; δοκέειν ἐμοί <span class="bibl">Id.1.172</span>; ἀλλ', ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ' εἴσει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>246</span>, etc.; without μοι, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[it seems good]] to me, [[it is]] my [[pleasure]], δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1350</span>: freq. of a public resolution, τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι… ἀπαιτέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.3</span>, etc.; ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>605</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>1010</span>; esp. in decrees and the like, <b class="b3">ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>372</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.118</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>1.32, etc.; τὰ δόξαντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>29</span>, <span class="bibl">D.3.14</span>; παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.84</span>, etc.:—Pass., δέδοκται <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.68</span>; οὕτω δέδοκται; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1277</span>, etc.; εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.19</span>; δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>799e</span>, etc.; τοῦτ' ἐστ' ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>1</span>; δεδογμέν' [ἐστί]… τήνδε κατθανεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>576</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>1431</span>; τὰ δεδογμένα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.76</span>; δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ <span class="title">IG</span>22.1.12, etc. c. acc. abs., [[δόξαν]] [[when it was decreed]] or [[resolved]], δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.8.79</span>; <b class="b3">δόξαν δέ σφι</b> (sc. [[λιπέσθαι]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.148</span>; δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>314c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ'</b>… ; <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>129</span>; also δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl">Th.1.125</span>, etc.; but also δόξαντος τούτου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.2.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> to [[be reputed]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.56</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>6.40</span>; ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες <span class="bibl">Th.1.76</span>; <b class="b3">δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι</b> [[men who are held]] to be something, [[men of repute]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Grg.</span>472a</span>; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι… προσειληφότες <span class="bibl">D.21.213</span>; τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arist.</span>1</span>; οἱ δοκοῦντες <span class="bibl">Heraclit.28</span> (dub.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>295</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ δοκοῦντα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>613</span>; μετ' ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.3.10</span>; [[to be an established]], [[current opinion]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>76b24</span>, al.; τὰ δοκοῦντα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1088a16</span>, al.:— Pass., <b class="b3">οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι</b> [[those who have been found guilty]] of homicide, <span class="bibl">D.23.28</span>; also αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι <span class="bibl">Polem.<span class="title">Call.</span>60</span>. (The two senses of [[δοκέω]] are sts. contrasted, <b class="b3">τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα… τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ</b> that which [[seems]] true is true [[to him who thinks]] it, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>158e</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">162c</span>.)</span>