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