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|txtha=δοκῶ; [[imperfect]] ἐδόκουν; 1st aorist [[ἔδοξα]]; ([[akin]] to [[δέχομαι]] or [[δέκομαι]], [[whence]] [[δοκός]] an [[assumption]], [[opinion]] (cf. Latin decus, decet, dignus; [[Curtius]], § 15; cf. his Das Verbum, i., pp. 376,382)); (from Homer down);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to be of [[opinion]], [[think]], [[suppose]]: followed by an accusative [[with]] an infinitive, R G L Tr); [[δοκέω]] itself, ὁ δοκεῖ ἔχειν); ἐδόκουν [[πνεῦμα]] θεωρεῖν); μή δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς do [[not]] [[suppose]] [[that]] ye [[may]] [[think]], [[ὅτι]], T WH); T Tr WH); ἡ [[ὥρα]] οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ [[υἱός]] [[τοῦ]] ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται); R G L brackets Tr marginal [[reading]] brackets); forming a [[parenthesis]] in the [[midst]] of a [[question]]: πόσῳ, δοκεῖτε, χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας; [[Aristophanes]] Aeharn. 12 [[πῶς]] τουτ' ἐσεισε μου, δοκεῖς, [[τήν]] καρδίαν; [[Anacreon]] (530 B.C.>) 40,15 (i. e., 35 (33), 16) πόσον, δοκεῖς, πονουσιν, [[ἔρως]], ὅσους σύ βαλλεις;). (Synonym: [[see]] [[ἡγέομαι]], at the [[end]])<br /><b class="num">2.</b> intransitive, to [[seem]], be accounted, reputed: [[ἔδοξα]] ἐμαυτῷ [[δεῖν]] [[πρᾶξαι]], I seemed to [[myself]], i. e. I [[thought]], Buttmann, 111 (97)); οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν those [[that]] are accounted to [[rule]], [[who]] are recognized as rulers, οἱ δοκοῦντες [[εἶναι]] τί those [[who]] are reputed to be [[somewhat]] (of [[importance]]), and [[therefore]] [[have]] [[influence]], [[Plato]], Euthyd., p. 303c.); [[simply]], οἱ δοκοῦντες those [[highly]] [[esteemed]], of [[repute]], looked up to, [[influential]], [[Euripides]], Hec. 295, [[where]] cf. Schafer; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45,7)). By [[way]] of [[courtesy]], things [[certain]] are [[sometimes]] said δοκεῖν, as in [[Cicero]], offic. 3,2, 6 ut tute tibi defuisse videare); Winer's Grammar, § 65,7c.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> impersonally, δοκεῖ μοι, it seems to me; i. e.<br /><b class="num">a.</b> I [[think]], [[judge]]": [[thus]] in questions, τί [[σοι]] ([[ὑμῖν]]) δοκεῖ; [[κατά]] τό δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς as seemed [[good]] to [[them]], Lucian, Tim. § 25, and [[παρά]] τό δοκοῦν [[ἡμῖν]], [[Thucydides]] 1,84).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> ἔδοξε μοι it seemed [[good]] to, [[pleased]], me; I [[determined]]: followed by an infinitive, [[also]] [[often]] in Greek writings. Compare: [[εὐδοκέω]], [[συνδοκέω]], [[εὐδοκέω]]. [ SYNONYMS: δοκεῖν 2, φαίνεσθαι: φαίνεσθαι ([[primarily]] of [[luminous]] bodies) makes [[reference]] to the [[actual]] [[external]] [[appearance]], [[generally]] [[correct]] [[but]] [[possibly]] [[deceptive]]; δοκεῖν refers to the subjective [[judgment]], [[which]] [[may]] or [[may]] [[not]] [[conform]] to the [[fact]]. Hence, [[such]] a [[combination]] as δοκεῖ φαίνεσθαι is no pleonasm. Cf. Trench, § lxxx.; Schmidt, [[chapter]] 15.]