δοκεῖ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.kêː/ → /ðoˈci/ → /ðoˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.kêː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /doˈki/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðoˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðoˈci/

Verb

δοκεῖ • (dokeî) impersonal]

1. (impersonal + dative) it seems to me, methinks
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 4 118
     δοκεῖ μοι ― dokeî moi ― it seems to me
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 369
     ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ ― hōs emoì dokeî ― as I think (literally: as to me it seems)
2. (impersonal) it seems - see: δοκέω (dokéō) for more

Verb

δοκεῖ • (dokeî) (inflectional form)

1. third-person singular present indicative active of δοκῶ (dokô) contracted form of δοκέω (dokéō)
2. second-person singular present indicative of δοκοῦμαι (dokoûmai) contracted mediopassive voice of δοκέω (dokéō)