δοκῶσιν (dokosin)

δοκῶσιν is an Ancient Greek form of δοκέω, meaning “to seem, think”.

It can also be a form of δοκόω, “furnish with rafters; (mostly mis-parse of δοκέω)”.

It can also be a form of δοκάζω, “wait for”. It is the future active participle dative plural masculine.

Found 29 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Agesilaus 24.6: … ενος τὴν ὀργὴν τῶν πολιτῶν αἰσχυνομένων τοὺς Ἀθηναίους καί βουλομένων συναδικεῖσθαι δοκεῖν, ἵνα μὴ συναδικεῖν δοκῶσιν.

Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 49.1: … ἐπὶ τὴν γνάθον ἐπιβάλλει, καὶ ὁ τοῦτο παθὼν ἀδόκιμός ἐστι. δοκιμάζει δὲ καὶ τοὺς προδρόμους, οἵτινες ἂν αὐτῇ δοκῷσιν ἐπιτήδειοι προδρομεύειν εἶναι, κἄν τινʼ ἀποχειροτονήσῃ, καταβέβηκεν οὗτος. δοκιμάζει δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἁμίππους, κἄ …

All forms of δοκέω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.