δοάσσαι

δοάζω

consider in two ways: aor inf act

δοάσσαῑ, δοάζω

consider in two ways: aor opt act 3rd sg

δοάσσατο, Homeric [tense] aor. form, mostly impers., = [dialect] Att. ἔδοξε,

A it seemed, in phrase ὧδε δέ (or ὣς ἄρα) οἱ φρονέοντι δοάσσατο κέρδιον εἶναι so it seemed to him to be best, Il.13.458, Od.5.474, al.; also ὡς ἄν τοι πλήμνη γε δοάσσεται ([dialect] Ep. for δοάσσηται) ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι till the nave appear even to graze, Il.23.339.

II for δοάσσαι, δοάσσατο, as used by A.R., v. δοιάζω. (For δο-άσσατο: δέ-ατο cf. τροχ-άζω: τρέχω.)

δοιάζω or [full] δοάζω,

A consider in two ways, be in two minds: hence, have a mind to, [tense] aor.,

δοίαξε φάσγανον ἐν στέρνοισι πᾶξαι B.10.87

; also βουλὰς δοιάζεσκε was hesitating between.., A.R.3.819; ὁππότε δοῦπον.. δοάσσαι (poet. [tense] aor. opt.) when she imagined a noise, ib. 955:— [voice] Med., δοάσσατο she doubted, ib. 770; δοιάζοντο λεύσσειν imagined they saw, Id.4.576. (The forms in δοα- and some meanings are due to confusion with δοάσσατο.)

δοιάζω, verdoppeln u. daher zweifelhaft sein; βουλὰς δοιάζεσκε, in dem Entschluss; δοιάζοντο λεύσσειν, sie vermeinten zu sehen; δοάσσατο, war unschlüssig; ὁπότε δοῠπον δοάσσαι, wenn sie wähnte

Grammatical information: pl.

Meaning: `two, both' (Il.),

Other forms: δοιώ du.

Dialectal forms: Myc. PN duwojo \/ dwojos\/

Derivatives: δοιός sg. `double' (Emp.). δοιάς f. `group of two' (gloss.; after μονάς etc.) and denomin. δοιάζω, - ομαι, aor. δοιάξαι, also δοάσσαι (through blending with δοάσσατο) `linger, deliberate', also (after δοάσσατο) `imagine, believe' (B.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] *du̯oi- `twofold, double'

Etymology: ἐν δοιῃ̃ `in dubio, in hesitation' (Ι 230), from where ἐνδοιάζω `hesitate' (Th.) with ἐνδοιαστός, - ῶς `doubtful' (Ion., Th.) and late ἐνδοίασις, - άσιμος, - ασμός, - αστής, - αστικός. - Old formation to δύο, identical with Skt. dvayá-, OCS dъvojь `twofold', Germ., e. g. OHG zweiio, Goth. twaddje, ONord. tveggja gen. pl., IE *du̯o(i)i̯ó-; beside -du̯ei̯o- in Lith. dvejì `(each) two', OHG zwī `twig'; so to *du̯i- (s. δίς). - The maintenance of the intervocalic ι in Greek and the Germanic geminate (or "Verschärfung" to) Goth. ddj, ONord. ggj points to double i. Acc. to Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 119f. (with Fraenkel Glotta 32, 19) (ἐν) δοιῃ̃ must be compared with Skt. dat. f. dvayyái. - S. also Gonda Reflexions on the numerals "one" and "two" 44 und 47f.

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