δοκίμωμι to think fit to do. The -ωμι ending is the Aeolic 1st. sg. form of an ο-contract verb (δοκιμόω in Attic/Ionic, the equivalent ofδοκιμάζω). At 52.1, the same word has the sense, "it seems to me," or "I expect." Introduces an indirect statement: I do not expect that there will be one maiden of such skill....
προσίδοισαν (aor. act. partic. acc. sg. fem. fromπροσεῖδον) looking upon
Comments
Book III
Meter: Greater Asclepiad (gl2c)
× × – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – – ᴗ ᴗ – ᴗ – (in distichs)
Texts: Campbell = Voigt
Campbell, David A. 1982. Greek Lyric, Vol. I: Sappho and Alcaeus. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Voigt, Eva-Maria, ed. 1971. Sappho et Alcaeus. Amsterdam: Polak & Van Gennep.
Source: Chrysippus, Negatives 13 (S.V.F. ii 55 Arnim)