προσδοκ-άω, Ion.
προσδοκ-έω(which is sts. found as f.l., e.g. in Plb. 23.7.3 ):fut. -ήσω:aor. -εδόκησα:pf.
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προσδεδόκηκα
Memn. 45.3
:—expect, whether in hope or fear; mostly c.inf. fut.,expectthat onewill door that a thingwill be, A. Pr. 930 , 988 , Hdt. 1.42 , 7.156 , 235 , Pl. Lg. 699b , etc.: c.inf. aor.andἄν, that onewould door that a thingwould be, Ar. Ra. 556 , Pl. Cra. 438e , X. Lac. 1.3 , etc.: withoutἄν, Μενέλεων . . προσδόκα μολεῖν( = τὸ μολεῖν αὐτόν )expecthis arrival, A. Ag. 675 .
2. c.inf. pres.,think, supposethat oneis doingor that a thingis, E. Alc. 1091 , Pl. Lg. 803e , X. An. 6.1.16 : c.inf. pf.,thinkthat a thinghas been . ., Pl. Plt. 275a .
3. c. acc. rei,expect, look fora thing, A. Pr. 1026 , S. Ph. 784 , Ar. V. 56 , Antipho 5.19 , X. Eq. 8.14 , etc.;π. τινά expect, wait fora person, E. Alc. 363 , X. HG 3.1.20 , etc.; σωτῆρας σφῶν π.
Pl. Tht. 170b
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4. abs.,ἰλλὸς γεγένημαι προσδοκῶν from expectation, Ar. Th. 846 ;μηδεὶς . . προσδοκησάτω ἄλλως(sc.τοῦτ' ἔσεσθαι) Pl. Ap. 17c ; πρᾶγμ' ἔστ' ἐπίπονον τὸ προσδοκᾶν