δοκιμασία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δοκιμάζω (dokimázō) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /do.ki.ma.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /do.ki.maˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðo.ci.maˈsi.a/
Noun
δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (dokimasíā) f (genitive δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- 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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: docimasy (learned)
- Greek: δοκιμασία (dokimasía)
Further reading
- δοκιμασία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “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)
- ordeal (a painful or trying experience)
- strain (a painful experience)
- trial
Declension
declension of δοκιμασία
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | δοκιμασία • | δοκιμασίες • |
genitive | δοκιμασίας • | δοκιμασιών • |
accusative | δοκιμασία • | δοκιμασίες • |
vocative | δοκιμασία • | δοκιμασίες • |
Related terms
- see: δοκιμή f (dokimí, “trial, test”)
Further reading
- δοκιμασία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.