δόκησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=δοκήσεως, ἡ, ([[δοκέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[opinion]], [[fancy]], δόκησιν δὲ δεῖ λέγειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.185, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.22, etc.; <b class="b3">δόκησις εἰπεῖν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐξακριβῶσαι λόγον</b>, S. ''Tr.''426; <b class="b3">δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων ἦλθε</b> a vague [[suspicion]] was thrown out, Id.''OT''681 (lyr.); δόκησις τῆς ἀληθείας Th.2.35; <b class="b3">δώρων δόκησις</b> [[suspicion]] of [[bribery]], Id.5.16; <b class="b3">δόκησιν παρέχειν ὡς</b>… Plu.''Pomp.''54.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[apparition]], [[phantom]], κενὴν δόκησιν E.''Hel.''36; <b class="b3">σκοπεῖτε μὴ δόκησιν εἴχετ' ἐκ θεῶν</b> ib.119; <b class="b3">οὕτω δοκεῖτε τὴν δόκησιν ἀσφαλῆ</b> ib.121.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[appearance]], opp. [[reality]], Ph.1.222; φάσμα καὶ δόκησιν ἑαυτῆς παρέχειν Plu.2.392a; δόκησις ἰσχίου Aret.''SD'' 2.12.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[repute]], [[credit]], Th.4.18, ''Stoic.''3.38; ὁ στρατηγὸς τὴν δόκησιν ἄρνυται E.''Andr.''696.