δόκιμος

A. acceptable: hence,

1. of persons, trustworthy, Heraclit. 28 (Sup.), Democr. 67; approved, esteemed, 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 A. Pers. 87 (lyr.).

2. of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ ‐ώτατον Hdt. 7.162; notable, considerable, ποταμός Id. 7.129; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. Tab.Heracl. l. c.; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, D. 35.24, cf. PLond. 3.938.6 (iii A. D.); ὕμνος acceptable, Pi. N. 3.11.

3. Adv. ‐μως really, genuinely, A. Pers. 547 (lyr.), X. Cyr. 1.6.7.