test
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, ἔλεγχος, ὁ, P. διάπειρα, ἡ (Dem. 1049), Ar. and P. βάσανος, ἡ.
The bow is no test of a man's courage V. ἀνδρὸς δʼ ἔλεγχος οὐχὶ τόξʼ εὐψυχίας (Eur., H. F. 162).
Examination as to fitness for office: P. δοκιμασία, ἡ.
Criterion: P. and V. κανών, ὁ, ὅρος, ὁ, P. κριτήριον, τό.
Put to the test: use test, v.
v. trans.
P. and V. ἐλέγχειν, ἐξελέγχειν, Ar. and P. δοκιμάζειν, βασανίζειν.
Make proof of: P. and V. πειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. ἀποπειρᾶσθαι (gen.), Ar. and V. ἐκπειρᾶσθαι (gen.); see tempt.
Ring (money): Ar. κωδωνίζειν. Met., P. διακωδωνίζειν.
