δοκιμασία

A. examination, scrutiny:

1. of magistrates after election, to see if they fulfil the legal requirements of legitimacy, full citizenship, etc., ἡ δ. τῶν στρατηγῶν Lys. 15.2, cf. 16.9 (pl.); τῶν ἱερέων Pl. Lg. 759d; δ. εἰσάγειν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς Arist. Ath. 59.4 (pl.), cf. IG 22.856,980.

2. δ. τῶν ἱππέων passing muster, X. Eq.Mag. 3.9 (pl.).

3. δ. (sc. ἐφήβων), before admission to the rights of manhood, D. 44.41, v. l. in 57.62.

4. δ. τῶν ῥητόρων a judicial process to determine the right of a man to speak in the ἐκκλησία or in the law-courts, Aeschin. 1.2.

5. examination of recruits, PLond. 3.982.6 (iv A. D.).

6. generally, test, δ. ἱκανήν [τινος] λαβεῖν make full trial of, Is. 7.34 (but, receive assurance of . . , Plb. 3.31.8); ἡ κατὰ τὸν χρόνον δ. Arist. EN 1162a14; κρίσιν καὶ δ. τινῶν ποιεῖν Plu. Cleom. 10; λίθος δοκιμασίας LXX Si. 6.21; δ. οἰκοδόμων PSI 3.176 (v A. D.).