δοκιμάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(δόκιμος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">assay, test</b>, πορφύραν καὶ χρυσόν <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.39</span>; τοὺς οἴνους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1118a28</span>; τὰ νομίσματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>491a21</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">prove for oneself, choose</b>, χώραν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.532.11</span> (dub.):— Pass., ἐπειδὰν τὸ ἔργον… δοκιμασθῇ <span class="title">CIG</span>2266.15 (Delos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b3">δ. αὐτούς</b> <b class="b2">put</b> them <b class="b2">to the test, make trial of</b> them, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.50</span>; δ. τοὺς μηνυτάς <span class="bibl">Th.6.53</span>; φίλους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>1.8</span> (iv B. C.), etc.; also of Apis-bulls, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">approve, sanction</b>, μετὰ δεδοκιμασμένου [λόγου] μὴ ξυνέπεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.3.38</span>; ἐψηφίσασθε δοκιμάσαντες τοὺς νόμους, εἶτ' ἀναγράψαι τούτους οἳ ἂν δοκιμασθῶσι <span class="bibl">And.1.82</span>; ἄρρενας ἔρωτας Plu.2.11e; ὅπῃ ταύτῃ ἀρετὴ δοκιμάζεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>407c</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἐκπονεῖν ἐδοκίμαζε</b> he <b class="b2">approved of</b> their working, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.4</span>; ἐπειδή… ἐδοκιμάσθη ταῦτα καλῶς ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Th.2.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as a political term, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">approve after scrutiny as fit</b> for an office, <span class="bibl">Lys.16.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>759d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>45.3</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be approved as fit</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.15.6</span>, etc.; δοκιμασθεὶς ἀρχέτω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>765b</span>; <b class="b3">μου δοκιμαζομένου</b> <b class="b2">when</b> I <b class="b2">was undergoing a scrutiny</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.111</span>; <b class="b3">δεδοκιμασμένος [ἰατρός</b>] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>106.24</span> (ii A. D.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGnom.</span>201</span> (ii A. D.): metaph., ὃν ὁ Ἥφαιστος ἐδοκίμασεν <span class="title">OGI</span>90.3 (ii B. C.); ὑπὲρ τοῦ στεφανωθῆναι δοκιμάζομαι <span class="bibl">D.18.266</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">pass as fit to serve</b>, ἱππεύειν δεδοκιμασμένος <span class="bibl">Lys.14.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.20</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.15, 1369. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">examine and admit</b> boys <b class="b2">to the class of</b> <b class="b3">ἔφηβοι</b> or ἔφηβοι <b class="b2">to the rights of manhood</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>578</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>42.2</span>, etc.; ἕως ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην <span class="bibl">D.27.5</span>; εἰς ἄνδρας δεδοκιμασμένοι <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b2">test</b> an orator's <b class="b2">right to speak</b> (cf. δοκιμασία 4), <span class="title">AB</span>310. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., <b class="b2">think fit</b> to do, Luc. <b class="b2">Bis Acc</b>.31, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>2.7.4</span>, etc.: with neg., <b class="b2">refuse</b> to do, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>1.28</span>: abs., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>248.19</span> (i A. D.), etc.</span>