A.expected, looked for, or to be expected, “π. ὁ θάνατος” Hp.Prog.9, cf. 24; “τοῖσι παρεοῦσί τε καὶ π. κακοῖσι” Hdt.8.20.
2. freq. of persons, expected, “στρατὸν π. εἶναι Κροίσῳ ἐπὶ τὴν χώρην” Id.1.78; π. ἐς τὴν Κύπρον, ἐπὶ Μίλητον π., expected to come to Cyprus, against Miletus, Id.5.108, 6.6; “κατὰ πόδας ἐμεῦ ἐλαύνων π. ἐστι” Id.9.89; “τοῦ βαρβάρου π. ὄντος” Th.1.14; “ἐκ Πελοποννήσου ἄλλη στρατιὰ π. αὐτοῖς” Id.7.15, cf. D. 6.15; “π. ἥξειν” D.S.18.64. Adv. -μως Gloss.