A.“προσδεδόκηκα” Memn.45.3:—expect, whether in hope or fear; mostly c. inf. fut., expect that one will do or that a thing will be, A.Pr.930,988, Hdt.1.42, 7.156,235, Pl.Lg. 699b, etc.: c. inf. aor. and ἄν, that one would do or that a thing would be, Ar.Ra.556, Pl.Cra.438e, X.Lac.1.3, etc.: without ἄν, Μενέλεων . . προσδόκα μολεῖν ( = τὸ μολεῖν αὐτόν) expect his arrival, A.Ag. 675.
2. c. inf. pres., think, suppose that one is doing or that a thing is, E.Alc.1091, Pl.Lg.803e, X.An.6.1.16: c. inf. pf., think that a thing has been . . , Pl.Plt.275a.
3. c. acc. rei, expect, look for a thing, A.Pr.1026, S.Ph.784, Ar.V.56, Antipho 5.19, X.Eq.8.14, etc.; π. τινά expect, wait for a person, E.Alc.363, X.HG3.1.20, etc.; “σωτῆρας σφῶν π.” Pl.Tht.170b.
4. abs., ἰλλὸς γεγένημαι προσδοκῶν from expectation, Ar.Th.846; μηδεὶς . . προσδοκησάτω ἄλλως (sc. τοῦτ᾽ ἔσεσθαι) Pl.Ap.17c; “πρᾶγμ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐπίπονον τὸ προσδοκᾶν” Men.Kith.Fr.7.
5. Pass., τὸ προσδοκώμενον, opp. τὰ ἄελπτα, E.Fr.550; “τὸ π. ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν” Pl.Lg.966e, etc.; “ἐλπίδα τῶν δωρειῶν προσδοκᾶσθαι” D.Ep.2.5; “θᾶσσον ἢ προσεδοκήθη” Plu.2.204d.
6. Pass., also, ὁ Νικίου οἶκος προσεδοκᾶτο εἶναι . . ἑκατὸν ταλάντων was supposed to be worth . . , Lys.19.47; προσεδοκᾶτο ἔχειν ib.48.
7. hesitate, “περί τινος” J. BJ7.8.4.
