δοκιμασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δοκιμάζω (dokimázō) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ki.ma.sí.aː/ → /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/ → /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ki.ma.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.ki.maˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/

Noun

δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (dokimasíā) f (genitive δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. examination, scrutiny of magistrates after election, to see if they fulfil the legal requirements of legitimacy, full citizenship, etc.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē dokimasíā	τὼ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ dokimasíā	αἱ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αι hai dokimasíai
Genitive	τῆς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês dokimasíās	τοῖν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αιν toîn dokimasíain	τῶν δοκῐμᾰσῐῶν tôn dokimasiôn
Dative	τῇ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi dokimasíāi	τοῖν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αιν toîn dokimasíain	ταῖς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αις taîs dokimasíais
Accusative	τὴν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn dokimasíān	τὼ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ dokimasíā	τᾱ̀ς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dokimasíās
Vocative	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ dokimasíā	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ dokimasíā	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αι dokimasíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: docimasy (learned)
• Greek: δοκιμασία (dokimasía)

Further reading

• δοκιμασία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δοκιμασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοκιμασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ (dokimasíā).

Noun

δοκιμασία • (dokimasía) f (plural δοκιμασίες)

1. ordeal (a painful or trying experience)
2. strain (a painful experience)
3. trial

Declension

Declension of δοκιμασία

	singular	plural
nominative	δοκιμασία •	δοκιμασίες •
genitive	δοκιμασίας •	δοκιμασιών •
accusative	δοκιμασία •	δοκιμασίες •
vocative	δοκιμασία •	δοκιμασίες •

Related terms

see: δοκιμή f (dokimí, “trial, test”)

Further reading

• “δοκιμασία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998