(garbled form of δοκέω, seem)
Ancient Greek word, found 132 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.84.2: … οὐκ ἐξυβρίζομεν καὶ ξυμφοραῖς ἧσσον ἑτέρων εἴκομεν· τῶν τε ξὺν ἐπαίνῳ ἐξοτρυνόντων ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τὰ δεινὰ παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν οὐκ ἐπαιρόμεθα ἡδονῇ, καὶ ἤν τις ἄρα ξὺν κατηγορίᾳ παροξύνῃ, οὐδὲν δὴ μᾶλλον ἀχθεσθέντες ἀνεπείσθημεν.
Sophocles, Antigone 557: καλῶς σὺ μὲν τοῖς, τοῖς δʼ ἐγὼ ʼδόκουν φρονεῖν.
All forms of δοκἐω