προσδοκία: Difference between revisions

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