δοκιμασία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">examination, scrutiny:</b> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of magistrates after election, to see if they fulfil the legal requirements of legitimacy, full citizenship, etc., ἡ δ. τῶν στρατηγῶν <span class="bibl">Lys.15.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.9</span> (pl.); τῶν ἱερέων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>759d</span>; δ. εἰσάγειν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>59.4</span> (pl.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span> 22.856,980. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> δ. τῶν ἱππέων [[passing muster]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>3.9</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[δ]]. (sc. [[ἐφήβων]]), before admission to the rights of manhood, <span class="bibl">D.44.41</span>, v. l. in <span class="bibl">57.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">δ. τῶν ῥητόρων</b> a judicial [[process to determine the right]] of a man [[to speak]] in the [[ἐκκλησία]] or in the law-courts, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[examination]] of recruits, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.982.6</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> generally, [[test]], <b class="b3">δ. ἱκανήν [τινος] λαβεῖν</b> make full [[trial of]], <span class="bibl">Is.7.34</span> (but, receive [[assurance]] of... <span class="bibl">Plb.3.31.8</span>); ἡ κατὰ τὸν χρόνον δ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1162a14</span>; κρίσιν καὶ δ. τινῶν ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>10</span>; λίθος δοκιμασίας <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Si.</span>6.21</span>; δ. οἰκοδόμων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>3.176</span> (v A. D.).</span>