καρᾱδοκέω

καρᾱδοκέω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `await the ending of something (μάχη, πόλεμος etc.), wait for something, take care' (Hdt. [Atticism?; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 3 n. 1 ], E., Ar., X., Plb.).

Compounds: also with ἀπο-, δια-

Derivatives: (ἀπο-)καραδοκία `eager expectation' (Aq., Ep. Rom., Ep. Phil.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Acc. to tradit. assumption prop. `with head put out (`mit vorgestrecktem Kopfe' look at something', "what is neither factually nor formally quite convincing"; after δωρο-, ξενο-δοκέω etc. (ὁδοι-δοκέω after ὁδοι-πορέω), one would expect for καρᾱ- rather object-function. On the use of καραδοκέω cf. Aly Glotta 15, 104f.

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