προσδοκία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[looking for]], [[expectation]], whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>198b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>70c</span>; προσδοκία τοῦ μέλλοντος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>669a21</span>; τὸν φόβον ὁρίζονται προσδοκία κακοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1115a9</span>: in good sense, προσδοκία ἀγαθῶν [[ἐμβάλλειν]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.19</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν προσδοκίαν</b> <span class="bibl">D.18.281</span>; προσδοκίαν μεγάλην ἔχειν ὡς εὖ ἐροῦντος ἐμοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>194a</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα</b>, i.e. the [[fulfilment]] of the [[expectation]]s [[raise]]d, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.178</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., τῶν ὑποκειμένων προσδοκίαν καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων <span class="bibl">D.19.24</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἔσχαται προσδοκίαι</b> <span class="bibl">D.S.20.78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> followed by a conjunction, <b class="b3">προσδοκία οὐδεμία</b> (sc. [[ἦν]]) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν <span class="bibl">Th.2.93</span>; π. οὔσης μή τι νεωτερίσωσιν <span class="bibl">Id.5.14</span>; προσδοκίαν παρέχειν ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Id.7.12</span>; π. ἐμποιεῖν ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">πρὸς προσδοκίαν</b> [[according]] to [[expectation]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.63</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν προσδοκίαν</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>264b</span>; opp. <b class="b3">παρὰ προσδοκίαν</b>, which is used of a kind of joke freq. in Com., e.g. <b class="b3">ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα</b> (where [[πέδιλα]] was [[expected]]), <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>152</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Meth.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">Tib. <span class="title">Fig.</span>16</span>: generally, τὸ παρὰ π. ἐξαπίναιον Phld.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1251.19.</span>