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|Definition=δόκιμον (Dor. α, ον ''Tab.Heracl.''1.103), ([[δέχομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[acceptable]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[trustworthy]], Heraclit.28 (Sup.), Democr. 67; [[approved]], [[esteemed]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.65, al.; δ. παρά τινι Id.7.117; [[δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι]] = [[most approved by Hellas]], her [[noblest]] [[son]], E.''Supp.'' 277 (anap.): c. inf., [[of approved ability]] to do... δόκιμος δ' οὔτις… εἴργειν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''87 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[excellent]], τὸ [[ἔαρ]] δοκιμώτατον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.162; [[notable]], [[considerable]], [[ποταμός]] Id.7.129; [[approved]], <b class="b3">κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ.</b> ''Tab.Heracl.'' l. c.; [[δόκιμον ἀργύριον]] = [[legal]] [[tender]], D.35.24, cf. ''PLond.''3.938.6 (iii A. D.); [[ὕμνος]] [[acceptable]], Pi.''N.''3.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Adv. [[δοκίμως]] = [[really]], [[genuinely]], [[truly]], [[sincerely]], [[loyally]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''547 (lyr.), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.7.