Strong G1380δοκέω
to think
- Transliteration
- dokeō
- Pronunciation
- dok-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary verb δόκω dokō (used only as an alternate in certain tenses; compare the base of G1166); of the same meaning; to think; by implication to seem (truthfully or uncertainly): - be accounted (of own) please (-ure) be of reputation seem (good) suppose think trow.
Detailed definition
δοκέω, -ῶ
(δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc.;]
1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf., Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9 27:13, 1Co.3:18 7:40 8:2 10:12 14:37, Gal.6:3, Php.3:4, Jas.1:26; with accusative and inf., 1Co.12:23, 2Co.11:16; before ὅτι, Mat.6:7 26:53, Mrk.6:49, Luk.12:51 13:2, 4 19:11, Jhn.5:45 11:13, 31 13:29 20:15, 1Co.4:9, 2Co.12:19, Jas.4:5.
2. to seem, be reputed: Act.25:27; with inf., Mrk.10:42, Luk.10:36 22:24, Act.17:13 26:9, 1Co.11:16 12:22, 2Co.10:9, Gal.2:6, 9, Heb.4:1 12:11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Gal.2:2. Impers., it seems, with dative of person(s);
__(a) to think: Mat.17:25 18:12 21:28 22:17, 42 26:66, Jhn.11:56, Heb.12:10;
__(b) to please, seem good to: with inf., Luk.1:3, Act.15:22, 25 15:23, 34.†
SYN. (δοκέω 1): ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω2, οἴομαι; ἡ. and ν. properly express belief resting on external proof, ἡ. denoting the more careful judgment; δ. and οἴ. imply a subjective judgment which in the case of οἴ. is based on feeling, in δ. on thought (see Schmidt, with 17) (δοκέω2): φαίνομαι; φ., from the standpoint of the object, "expresses how a matter phenomenally shows and presents itself"; δ., from the standpoint of the observer, expresses one's subjective judgment about a matter (see Tr., Syn., LXXx; Cremer, 204). (AS)
(δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc.;]
1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf., Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9 27:13, 1Co.3:18 7:40 8:2 10:12 14:37, Gal.6:3, Php.3:4, Jas.1:26; with accusative and inf., 1Co.12:23, 2Co.11:16; before ὅτι, Mat.6:7 26:53, Mrk.6:49, Luk.12:51 13:2, 4 19:11, Jhn.5:45 11:13, 31 13:29 20:15, 1Co.4:9, 2Co.12:19, Jas.4:5.
2. to seem, be reputed: Act.25:27; with inf., Mrk.10:42, Luk.10:36 22:24, Act.17:13 26:9, 1Co.11:16 12:22, 2Co.10:9, Gal.2:6, 9, Heb.4:1 12:11; οἱ δοκοῦντες, those of repute, Gal.2:2. Impers., it seems, with dative of person(s);
__(a) to think: Mat.17:25 18:12 21:28 22:17, 42 26:66, Jhn.11:56, Heb.12:10;
__(b) to please, seem good to: with inf., Luk.1:3, Act.15:22, 25 15:23, 34.†
SYN. (δοκέω 1): ἡγέομαι 2, νομίζω2, οἴομαι; ἡ. and ν. properly express belief resting on external proof, ἡ. denoting the more careful judgment; δ. and οἴ. imply a subjective judgment which in the case of οἴ. is based on feeling, in δ. on thought (see Schmidt, with 17) (δοκέω2): φαίνομαι; φ., from the standpoint of the object, "expresses how a matter phenomenally shows and presents itself"; δ., from the standpoint of the observer, expresses one's subjective judgment about a matter (see Tr., Syn., LXXx; Cremer, 204). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1380 appears in 62 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- think27
- seem10
- suppose7
- seemeth5
- thinkest3
- let2
- please2
- account1
- accounted1
- do1
- may1
- pleasure1
First verses
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
- Matthew 17:25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
- Matthew 22:17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
- Matthew 22:42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
- Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Matthew 26:66What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
- Mark 6:49But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
- Mark 10:42But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
- Luke 1:3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
- Luke 8:18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
- Luke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
- Luke 12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
- Luke 12:51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- Luke 13:2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?
- Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
- Luke 17:9Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δοκέω
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192, _Attic dialect_)]imperfect ἐδόκουν, Epic dialect δοκέεσκον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.298 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]: —middle, δοκέοντο [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.296)]: participle δοκεύμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 109)]: the future and other tenses are twofold:
1 future δόξω and aorist 1 ἔδοξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.37, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 208, etc.:)]perfect δέδοχα inferred from pluperfect ἐδεδόχεσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.26)]:—passive, aorist ἐδόχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.10.8, etc., (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.2)]: perfect δέδογμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐδέδοκτο [Refs ([prev. author] 9.74.)]
2 regular forms (chiefly Trag., Comedy texts, and late Prose), future δοκήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 388, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 562, etc. (once in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 4.74))]; Doric dialect δοκησῶ or -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150:)]aorist ἐδόκησα, Epic dialect δόκ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.415, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.56, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1041, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1485, etc.)]: perfect δεδόκηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 309 (Lyric poetry))]:— passive, aorist ἐδοκήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1417 (_anapaest meter_))]: perfect δεδόκημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.19, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 763 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 726, also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; but δεδοκημένος (which see) belongs to δέχομαι.
I expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι,[Refs (compare δέχομαι 11.3))]: hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opposed to φρονέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 942 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 146.4):)]
I.1 with accusative et infinitive, δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192; οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, compare 11, 27, +others, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with)]infinitive omitted, δοκῶ.. οὐδὲν ῥῆμα.. κακὸν [εἶναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 61)]; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.26)]; frequently in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντ᾽ ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 527)]; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν.. φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 15; ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ᾽ εἰδέναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 259: with)]infinitive only, ἔδοξ᾽ ἰδεῖν methought I saw,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 408; ἔδοξ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; ἔδοξ᾽ ἐν ὕπνῳ.. οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 44)] (sometimes also, as in signification [Refs 4th c.BC+ (11, ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε.. μολεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 181; ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ.. μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 272.4).)]
I.1.b think to do, purpose, ὅταν δ᾽ ἀείδειν.. δοκῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 16.)]
I.2 absolutely, have or form an opinion, περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.65)]; mostly in parenthetic phrases, ὡς δοκῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264e)]; δοκῶ alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 47, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 126b)]; πῶς δοκεῖ; to call attention to something remarked, τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖ; καθύβρισεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 446, compare “Hec.” 1160, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 96, etc.; πόσον δοκεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 399.)]
I.3 δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, with infinitive, ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, etc.; ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.25, compare “Oec.” 6.11)]; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158e)]; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Thg.” 121d.)]
I.3.b δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, with infinitive present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 177, etc.)]: with infinitive future, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.53, etc.)]: with infinitive aorist, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 671, etc.)]: rarely without μοι, think fit, σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 650.)]
I.4 seem, pretend, with infinitive (with or without negative), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] uncertain reading in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 87; οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 163; τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a39; ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 67; πόσους δοκεῖς.. ὁρῶντας.. μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶ; [prev. author] “Hipp.” 462, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1146, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.6.)]
I.5 passive, to be considered, δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 612d)]; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, [Refs ([prev. work] 490a.)]
I.6 middle, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.296; δοκεύμενος.. ἀλύξειν [prev. work] 109.)]
II of an Object, seem, with dative person et infinitive present, δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.342)]; δόκησε δ᾽ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ.. their heart seemed just as if.., felt as though.., [Refs (10.415: with)]infinitive future, seem likely, δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338)]: with infinitive aorist (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), τί δ᾽ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (i.e. ποιῆσαι); 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 935)]; seem or be thought to have done, especially of suspected persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.21)]; to be convicted, ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.71.)]
II.2 absolutely, seem, as opposed to to reality, τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 76; οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 592, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527b; in full, τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 788 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα[Refs ([prev. work] 944; τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει [prev. author] “Th.” 1030.)]
II.4 frequently impersonal, δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me, methinks, ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.215)]; ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ as I think, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 369, etc.)]; τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν your opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 487d: frequently in)]infinitive in parenthesis clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.113; δοκέειν ἐμοί [prev. author] 1.172; ἀλλ᾽, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ᾽ εἴσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 246, etc.)]; without μοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.1.)]
II.4.b it seems good to me, it is my pleasure, δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1350)]: frequently of a public resolution, τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι.. ἀπαιτέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3, etc.; ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 605, compare “Th.” 1010)]; especially in decrees and the like, ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 372, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, compare “IG” 1.32, etc.; τὰ δόξαντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.14; παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84, etc.)]:—passive, δέδοκται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.68; οὕτω δέδοκτα; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1277, etc.; εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.19; δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 799e, etc.; τοῦτ᾽ ἐστ᾽ ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1; δεδογμέν᾽ [ἐστί].. τήνδε κατθανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 576, compare “OC” 1431; τὰ δεδογμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ “IG” 22.1.12, etc. with _accusative_ _absolutely_, δόξαν)] when it was decreed or resolved, δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.79)]; δόξαν δέ σφι (i.e. λιπέσθαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148; δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.13)]; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ᾽..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 129; also δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125, etc.; but also δόξαντος τούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.36; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα [prev. work] 3.2.19.)]
II.5 to be reputed, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.56, “P.” 6.40; ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]; δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι men who are held to be something, men of repute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472a; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι.. προσειληφότες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.213; τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 1; οἱ δοκοῦντες 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 28 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 295)]; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opposed to τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 613; μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10)]; to be an established, current opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b24, +others; τὰ δοκοῦντα [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1088a16, +others:)] — passive, οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι those who have been found guilty of homicide, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.28; also αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 60. (The two senses of δοκέω are sometimes contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα.. τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ)] that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι [prev. work] 162c.))]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192, _Attic dialect_)]imperfect ἐδόκουν, Epic dialect δοκέεσκον [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.298 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus))]: —middle, δοκέοντο [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.296)]: participle δοκεύμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 109)]: the future and other tenses are twofold:
1 future δόξω and aorist 1 ἔδοξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.37, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 208, etc.:)]perfect δέδοχα inferred from pluperfect ἐδεδόχεσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.26)]:—passive, aorist ἐδόχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.10.8, etc., (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.2)]: perfect δέδογμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100, etc.)]: pluperfect ἐδέδοκτο [Refs ([prev. author] 9.74.)]
2 regular forms (chiefly Trag., Comedy texts, and late Prose), future δοκήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 388, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 562, etc. (once in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 4.74))]; Doric dialect δοκησῶ or -ᾱσῶ[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.150:)]aorist ἐδόκησα, Epic dialect δόκ- [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.415, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.56, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1041, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1485, etc.)]: perfect δεδόκηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 309 (Lyric poetry))]:— passive, aorist ἐδοκήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1417 (_anapaest meter_))]: perfect δεδόκημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.19, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 763 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 726, also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; but δεδοκημένος (which see) belongs to δέχομαι.
I expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι,[Refs (compare δέχομαι 11.3))]: hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opposed to φρονέω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 942 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 146.4):)]
I.1 with accusative et infinitive, δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.192; οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, compare 11, 27, +others, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with)]infinitive omitted, δοκῶ.. οὐδὲν ῥῆμα.. κακὸν [εἶναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 61)]; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.26)]; frequently in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντ᾽ ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 527)]; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν.. φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 15; ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ᾽ εἰδέναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 259: with)]infinitive only, ἔδοξ᾽ ἰδεῖν methought I saw,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 408; ἔδοξ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; ἔδοξ᾽ ἐν ὕπνῳ.. οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 44)] (sometimes also, as in signification [Refs 4th c.BC+ (11, ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε.. μολεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 181; ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ.. μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 272.4).)]
I.1.b think to do, purpose, ὅταν δ᾽ ἀείδειν.. δοκῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 16.)]
I.2 absolutely, have or form an opinion, περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.65)]; mostly in parenthetic phrases, ὡς δοκῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264e)]; δοκῶ alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 47, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 126b)]; πῶς δοκεῖ; to call attention to something remarked, τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖ; καθύβρισεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 446, compare “Hec.” 1160, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 96, etc.; πόσον δοκεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 399.)]
I.3 δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, with infinitive, ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93, etc.; ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.7.25, compare “Oec.” 6.11)]; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158e)]; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, [Refs ([prev. author] “Thg.” 121d.)]
I.3.b δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, with infinitive present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 177, etc.)]: with infinitive future, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.53, etc.)]: with infinitive aorist, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 671, etc.)]: rarely without μοι, think fit, σὺ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 650.)]
I.4 seem, pretend, with infinitive (with or without negative), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] uncertain reading in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 87; οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.10; οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 163; τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1314a39; ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 67; πόσους δοκεῖς.. ὁρῶντας.. μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶ; [prev. author] “Hipp.” 462, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1146, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.6.)]
I.5 passive, to be considered, δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 612d)]; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, [Refs ([prev. work] 490a.)]
I.6 middle, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.296; δοκεύμενος.. ἀλύξειν [prev. work] 109.)]
II of an Object, seem, with dative person et infinitive present, δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.342)]; δόκησε δ᾽ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ.. their heart seemed just as if.., felt as though.., [Refs (10.415: with)]infinitive future, seem likely, δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.338)]: with infinitive aorist (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), τί δ᾽ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (i.e. ποιῆσαι); 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 935)]; seem or be thought to have done, especially of suspected persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.21)]; to be convicted, ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.71.)]
II.2 absolutely, seem, as opposed to to reality, τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 76; οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 592, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527b; in full, τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 788 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα[Refs ([prev. work] 944; τοιαῦτ᾽ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει [prev. author] “Th.” 1030.)]
II.4 frequently impersonal, δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me, methinks, ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.215)]; ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ as I think, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 369, etc.)]; τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν your opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 487d: frequently in)]infinitive in parenthesis clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.113; δοκέειν ἐμοί [prev. author] 1.172; ἀλλ᾽, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχ᾽ εἴσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 246, etc.)]; without μοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.1.)]
II.4.b it seems good to me, it is my pleasure, δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1350)]: frequently of a public resolution, τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι.. ἀπαιτέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.3, etc.; ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 605, compare “Th.” 1010)]; especially in decrees and the like, ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 372, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, compare “IG” 1.32, etc.; τὰ δόξαντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 29, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.14; παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84, etc.)]:—passive, δέδοκται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.68; οὕτω δέδοκτα; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1277, etc.; εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.19; δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 799e, etc.; τοῦτ᾽ ἐστ᾽ ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1; δεδογμέν᾽ [ἐστί].. τήνδε κατθανεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 576, compare “OC” 1431; τὰ δεδογμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.76; δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ “IG” 22.1.12, etc. with _accusative_ _absolutely_, δόξαν)] when it was decreed or resolved, δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.79)]; δόξαν δέ σφι (i.e. λιπέσθαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148; δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.13)]; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδ᾽..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 129; also δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125, etc.; but also δόξαντος τούτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.36; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα [prev. work] 3.2.19.)]
II.5 to be reputed, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.56, “P.” 6.40; ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.76)]; δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι men who are held to be something, men of repute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 472a; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι.. προσειληφότες 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.213; τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 1; οἱ δοκοῦντες 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 28 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 295)]; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opposed to τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 613; μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10)]; to be an established, current opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b24, +others; τὰ δοκοῦντα [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1088a16, +others:)] — passive, οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι those who have been found guilty of homicide, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.28; also αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 60. (The two senses of δοκέω are sometimes contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα.. τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ)] that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι [prev. work] 162c.))]