δοκιμασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (dokĭmăsĭ́ā) 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 dokĭmăsĭ́ā	τὼ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ dokĭmăsĭ́ā	αἱ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αι hai dokĭmăsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês dokĭmăsĭ́ās	τοῖν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αιν toîn dokĭmăsĭ́ain	τῶν δοκῐμᾰσῐῶν tôn dokĭmăsĭôn
Dative	τῇ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi dokĭmăsĭ́āi	τοῖν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αιν toîn dokĭmăsĭ́ain	ταῖς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αις taîs dokĭmăsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn dokĭmăsĭ́ān	τὼ δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ dokĭmăsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dokĭmăsĭ́ās
Vocative	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ dokĭmăsĭ́ā	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́ᾱ dokĭmăsĭ́ā	δοκῐμᾰσῐ́αι dokĭmăsĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)
• “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 (dokĭmăsĭ́ā).

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 (dokimasía)	δοκιμασίες (dokimasíes)
genitive	δοκιμασίας (dokimasías)	δοκιμασιών (dokimasión)
accusative	δοκιμασία (dokimasía)	δοκιμασίες (dokimasíes)
vocative	δοκιμασία (dokimasía)	δοκιμασίες (dokimasíes)

Related terms

see: δοκιμή f (dokimí, “trial, test”)

Further reading

• δοκιμασία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language