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προσδοκάω

προσδοκάω, to expect

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προσδοκῶμεν present active subjunctive 1st plural, present active indicative 1st plural of προσδοκάω

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προσδοκ-άω, Ion. προσδοκ-έω (which is sts. found as f.l., e.g. in Plb. 23.7.3): fut. -ήσω: aor. -εδόκησα: pf. 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. HG 3.1.20, etc.; σωτῆρας σφῶν π. Pl. Tht. 170b.
      • 4 abs., ἰλλὸς γεγένημαι προσδοκῶν from expectation, Ar. Th. 846; μηδεὶς . . προσδοκησάτω ἄλλως (sc. τοῦτʼ ἔσεσθαι) Pl. Ap. 17c; πρᾶγμʼ ἔστʼ 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. Apophth.reg. 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. BJ 7.8.4.

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