examine
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
scrutinise: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, ζητεῖν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν, περισκοπεῖν, ἀναθρεῖν, ἀποσκοπεῖν (εἰς, acc. or πρός, acc.), ἀποβλέπειν (εἰς, acc. or πρός, acc.), ἐπισκοπεῖν, θεᾶσθαι, P. διαθεᾶσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀναζητεῖν. Ar. διαθρεῖν.
examine with others: P. συσκοπεῖν (τι), συνδιασκοπεῖν (τί τινι), συζητεῖν (τινι).
search: P. and V. ἐρευνᾶν, V. ἐξερευνᾶν, P. διερευνᾶν.
examine (a place): P. and V. ἐρευνᾶν; (Eur., Hecuba 1174).
examine (a place) beforehand: V. προὐξερευνᾶν.
test as to eligibility for office: Ar. and P. δοκιμάζω, δοκιμάζειν.
test, cross-question: P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, ἐξετάζειν, Ar. and P. βασανίζειν.
examine as a preliminary to granting a trial: P. ἀνακρίνειν (acc.).
