δοκιμασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tēî 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

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)
see: δοκιμή f (dokimí, “trial, test”)

Further reading

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