προσδοκία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προσδοκάω (prosdokáō, “I expect”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

προσδοκῐ́ᾱ • (prosdokíā) f (genitive προσδοκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. expectation
    • Luke 21:26
      ἀποψυχόντων ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ φόβου καὶ προσδοκίας τῶν ἐπερχομένων τῇ οἰκουμένῃ· αἱ γὰρ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Greek: προσδοκία (prosdokía) (learned)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσδοκία (prosdokía).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoz.ðoˈci.a/
  • Hyphenation: προσ‧δο‧κί‧α

Noun

προσδοκία • (prosdokía) f (plural προσδοκίες)

  1. expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
    Μεγάλες Προσδοκίες (Dickens novel) ― Megáles Prosdokíes ― Great Expectations
    Το προϊόν δεν ανταποκρίθηκε στις προσδοκίες μου.
    To proïón den antapokríthike stis prosdokíes mou.
    The product did not meet my expectations.

Declension

References

  1. προσδοκία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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