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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[examination]], [[scrutiny]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[magistrate]]s after [[election]], to see if they [[fulfil]] the [[legal]] [[requirement]]s of [[legitimacy]], full [[citizenship]], etc., ἡ δοκιμασία τῶν στρατηγῶν Lys.15.2, cf. 16.9 (pl.); δοκιμασία τῶν ἱερέων Pl.Lg.759d; εἰσάγουσιν δὲ καὶ τὰς δοκιμασίας ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ἁπάσαις Arist.Ath.59.4 (pl.), cf. IG 22.856,980.<br><span class="bld">2</span> δοκιμασία τῶν ἱππέων [[passing muster]], X.Eq.Mag.3.9 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[δοκιμασία]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἐφήβων]]), before [[admission]] to the [[right]]s of [[manhood]], D.44.41, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in 57.62.<br><span class="bld">4</span> δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων a [[judicial]] [[process]] to [[determine]] the [[right]] of a man to [[speak]] in the [[ἐκκλησία]] or in the [[court of law|courts of law]], Aeschin.1.2.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[examination]] of [[recruit]]s, PLond.3.982.6 (iv A. D.).<br><span class="bld">6</span> generally, [[test]], δοκιμασίαν ἱκανήν [τινος] λαβεῖν = make [[full]] [[trial]] of, Is.7.34 (but, [[receive]] [[assurance]] of... Plb.3.31.8); ἡ κατὰ τὸν χρόνον δοκιμασία Arist.EN1162a14; κρίσιν καὶ δοκιμασίαν τινῶν ποιεῖν Plu.Cleom.10; [[λίθος]] δοκιμασίας LXXSi.6.21; δοκιμασία οἰκοδόμων PSI3.176 (v A. D.).