προσδοκ-ία, ἡ,
looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,
1) with
genitive, μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e.
the fulfilment of the expectations raised, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
absolutely, τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ἔσχαται π. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
3) followed by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (i.e. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) with Preps, πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to
expectation, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν π. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke frequently in Comedy texts, e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was
expected), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]