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προσδοκάω

προσδοκάω, to expect

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προσδοκῶσʼ present active subjunctive 3rd plural, present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular 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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