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According to Beekes, derived from δέχομαι (dékhomai, I take, accept), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (to take). Cognate to Latin doceō (I teach, show, rehearse) and Latin dignus (fitting, worthy).

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δοκέω (dokéō)

  1. to expect, think, suppose, imagine
  2. to seem, to be thought [+dative = to someone, by someone], [+infinitive = that ...]
    1. (impersonal, δοκεῖ (dokeî)) It seems [+dative = to someone]; [+dative = subject] to think
      • Aristophanes, Frogs, line 104.
        ἦ μὴν κόβαλά γ’ ἐστίν, ὡς καὶ σοὶ δοκεῖ.
        ê mḕn kóbalá g’ estín, hōs kaì soì dokeî.
        Now surely these are just knavish tricks, as (i'm sure) it seems to you.
    2. (impersonal, δοκεῖ (dokeî)) It seems good [+dative = to someone]; [+dative = subject] to resolve
      ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ....
      édoxe têi boulêi kaì tôi dḗmōi....
      The council and people have decided....
  3. to be reputed [+infinitive = that ...]
    • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 472a:
      ἐνίοτε γὰρ ἂν καὶ καταψευδομαρτυρηθείη τις ὑπὸ πολλῶν καὶ δοκούντων εἶναί τι.
      eníote gàr àn kaì katapseudomarturētheíē tis hupò pollôn kaì dokoúntōn eînaí ti.
      For occasionally someone can even be brought down by many well-reputed false witnesses.

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