δοκιμή
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A proof, test, interpol. in Dsc.4.184. 2 tried or approved character, Ep.Phil.2.22, cf. 2 Ep.Cor. 2.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 653] ἡ, Prüfung, Probe, N. T., Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δοκιμή: ἡ, δοκιμασία, ἐξέτασις, Διοσκ. 4. 186. 2) χαρακτὴρ δεδοκιμασμένος, Λατ. probitas, Κ. Δ. Ἐπ. π. Φιλ. β΄, 22, πρβλ. 2 π. Κορ. β΄, 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
1 épreuve, essai, expérience;
2 indice probant, preuve;
3 caractère éprouvé, fidélité ou foi éprouvée.
Étymologie: δόκιμος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆς, ἡ
1 piedra de toque ὡς δοκιμὴν ἀργυρίου Sm.Ps.67.31
•prueba, demostración ἡ δὲ δ. τοιαύτη Dsc.4.184 (cód.), ἐν πολλῇ δοκιμῇ θλίψεως 2Ep.Cor.8.2, ἐπεὶ δοκιμὴν ζητεῖτε τοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ λαλοῦντος Χριστοῦ ya que buscáis una prueba de que Cristo habla en mí 2Ep.Cor.13.3, cf. Gr.Naz.M.35.464B, διὰ πυρὸς καὶ σιδήρου δοκιμῆς Eus.DE 3.6, cf. Hom.Clem.3.3, Cat.Cod.Astr.10.67.7
•c. el sent. crist. de prueba, aflicción enviada por Dios para probar la fe χήρα ἐν δοκιμῇ πολλῇ Pion.V.Polyc.27.
2 virtud probada, entereza τὴν δοκιμὴν αὐτοῦ γινώσκετε de Timoteo Ep.Phil.2.22, ἡ δ' ὑπομονὴ δοκιμήν (κατεργάζεται), ἡ δὲ δ. ἐλπίδα Ep.Rom.5.4, cf. 2Ep.Cor.2.9.
3 aprobación μετὰ δοκιμῆς ἐπιδεῖξαι τὸ ὑποκείμενον Lyd.Mag.3.2.
English (Strong)
from the same as δόκιμος; test (abstractly or concretely); by implication, trustiness: experience(-riment), proof, trial.
English (Thayer)
δοκιμῆς, ἡ (dokimos];);
1. in an active sense, a proving, trial: θλίψεως, through affliction, approvedness, tried character: τῆς διακονίας, exhibited in the contribution, a specimen of (Dioscorides (100 A.D.>?) 4,186 (183); occasionally in ecclesiastical writings.)
