A.“δοκέεσκον” AP5.298 (Agath.): —Med., “δοκέοντο” Opp.C.4.296: part. δοκεύμενος ib.109: the fut. and other tenses are twofold:
1. 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” Hdt.8.100, etc.: plpf. “ἐδέδοκτο” Id.9.74.
2. regul. forms (chiefly Trag., Com., and late Prose), fut. “δοκήσω” A.Pr.388, Ar.Nu.562, etc. (once in Hdt., 4.74); Dor. δοκησῶ or “-α_σῶ” 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 Hdt.7.16.γ́; but δεδοκημένος (q. v.) belongs to δέχομαι.
I. expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι, cf. “δέχομαι” 11.3): hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opp. φρονέω, S.Aj.942 (lyr.), Pherecr.146.4):
1. c. acc. et inf., “δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα” Il.7.192; “οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι” Hdt.1.8, cf. 11,27, al., Antipho 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with inf. omitted, δοκῶ . . οὐδὲν ῥῆμα . . κακὸν [εἶναι] S.El.61; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] X. An.5.7.26; freq. in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντ᾽ ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, A.Ch.527; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν . . φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, Ar.V.15; “ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ᾽ εἰδέναι” E.Or.259: with inf. only, ἔδοξ᾽ ἰδεῖν methought I saw, ib.408; “ἔδοξ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι” Pl.Prt.315e; “ἔδοξ᾽ ἐν ὕπνῳ . . οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει” E.IT44 (sts. also, as in signf. 11, “ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε . . μολεῖν” A. Pers.181; “ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ . . μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν” Alex.272.4).
2. abs., have or form an opinion, “περί τινος” Hdt.9.65; mostly in parenthetic phrases, “ὡς δοκῶ” Pl.Phdr.264e; δοκῶ alone, Hdt.9.65, Ar.Pax47, Pl.Prm.126b; πῶς δοκεῖς; to call attention to something remarked, “τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖς; καθύβρισεν” E.Hipp.446, cf. Hec.1160, Diph.96, etc.; “πόσον δοκεῖς;” Ar.Ec.399.
3. δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, c. inf., “ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο” Hdt.2.93, etc.; “ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος” X.Cyr.8.7.25, cf. Oec.6.11; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not . . , Pl.Tht.158e; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, Id.Thg.121d.
b. δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, c. inf. pres., Ar.V.177, etc.: c. inf. fut., Aeschin.3.53, etc.: c. inf. aor., dub. in Ar.Av.671, etc.: rarely without μοι, think fit, “σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς” A.Th. 650.
4. seem, pretend, c. inf. (with or without neg.), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] dub. l. in Alcm.87; “οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν” 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. Ar.Eq.1146, X.HG4.5.6.
5. Pass., to be considered, “δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω” Pl.R.612d; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, ib.490a.
II. of an Object, seem, c. dat. pers. et inf. pres., “δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν” Od.5.342; δόκησε δ᾽ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ . . 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.), τί δ᾽ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. ποιῆσαι); A.Ag.935; seem or be thought to have done, esp. of suspected persons, Th.2.21; to be convicted, “ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι” D.23.71.
2. abs., seem, as opp. to reality, “τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται” Simon.76; “οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει” A.Th.592, cf. Pl.Grg.527b; in full, “τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι” A.Ag.788 (anap.).
3. seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ib.944; “τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει” Id.Th.1030.
4. 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, Pl.R.487d: freq. in inf. in parenth. clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, Hdt.9.113; “δοκέειν ἐμοί” Id.1.172; “ἀλλ᾽, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ᾽ εἴσει” A.Pers.246, etc.; without μοι, X.An.4.5.1.
b. it seems good to me, it is my pleasure, “δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι” Th.4.118, cf. A.Ag.1350: freq. of a public resolution, “τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι . . ἀπαιτέειν” Hdt.1.3, etc.; “ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν” A.Supp.605, cf. Th.1010; esp. in decrees and the like , ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, Ar.Th.372, Th.4.118, cf. IG1.32, etc.; “τὰ δόξαντα” S.El.29, D.3.14; “παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν” Th.1.84, etc.:—Pass., “δέδοκται” Hdt.4.68; “οὕτω δέδοκται;” S.Ph.1277, etc.; “εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται” Pi.N.5.19; “δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο” Pl.Lg.799e, etc.; “τοῦτ᾽ ἐστ᾽ ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον” E.Heracl.1; “δεδογμέν᾽ [ἐστί] . . τήνδε κατθανεῖν” S.Ant.576, cf. OC1431; “τὰ δεδογμένα” Hdt.3.76; “δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ” IG22.1.12, etc. c. acc. abs., δόξαν when it was decreed or resolved, “δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν” Th.8.79; δόξαν δέ σφι (sc. λιπέσθαι) Hdt.2.148; “δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα” Pl.Prt.314c, cf. X.An.4.1.13; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ᾽ . . ; E. Supp.129; also “δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς” Th.1.125, etc.; but also “δόξαντος τούτου” X.HG1.1.36; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα ib.3.2.19.
5. 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.), E.Hec.295; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opp. τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, Id.Tr.613; “μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι” Th.3.10; to be an established, 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 sts. contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα . . τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, Pl.Tht.158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι ib.162c.)
