δοκιμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δόκῐμος (dókimos, “approved”), from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I receive, I accept”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ki.mɛ̌ː/ → /ðo.ciˈmi/ → /ðo.ciˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ki.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.kiˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ciˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ciˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.ciˈmi/

Noun

δοκῐμή • (dokimḗ) f (genitive δοκῐμῆς); first declension

1. test, trial, examination
2. The passing of a trial, character

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δοκῐμή; τῆς δοκῐμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δοκῐμή hē dokimḗ	τὼ δοκῐμᾱ́ tṑ dokimā́	αἱ δοκῐμαί hai dokimaí
Genitive	τῆς δοκῐμῆς tês dokimês	τοῖν δοκῐμαῖν toîn dokimaîn	τῶν δοκῐμῶν tôn dokimôn
Dative	τῇ δοκῐμῇ têi dokimêi	τοῖν δοκῐμαῖν toîn dokimaîn	ταῖς δοκῐμαῖς taîs dokimaîs
Accusative	τὴν δοκῐμήν tḕn dokimḗn	τὼ δοκῐμᾱ́ tṑ dokimā́	τᾱ̀ς δοκῐμᾱ́ς tā̀s dokimā́s
Vocative	δοκῐμή dokimḗ	δοκῐμᾱ́ dokimā́	δοκῐμαί dokimaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δοκιμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δοκιμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δοκιμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• δοκιμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1382 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Noun

δοκιμή • (dokimí) f (plural δοκιμές)

1. trial, test

   Η δοκιμή πρέπει να εκτελείται σε αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα του λιπάσματος.

   I dokimí prépei na ekteleítai se antiprosopeftikó deígma tou lipásmatos.

   The test must be carried out on a representative sample of fertilizer.

Declension

Declension of δοκιμή

	singular	plural
nominative	δοκιμή •	δοκιμές •
genitive	δοκιμής •	δοκιμών •
accusative	δοκιμή •	δοκιμές •
vocative	δοκιμή •	δοκιμές •

Related terms

• δοκιμάζω (dokimázo, “to test”)
• δοκιμάζομαι (dokimázomai, “to be tested”)
• δοκιμάστρια f (dokimástria, “tester, taster”)
• δοκιμασία f (dokimasía, “ordeal, trial, assay”)
• δοκιμασμένος (dokimasménos, “experienced, staunch”)
• δοκιμαστήριο n (dokimastírio, “fitting room”)
• δοκιμαστής m (dokimastís, “tester, taster”)
• δοκιμαστικό n (dokimastikó, “audition, trial”)
• δοκιμαστικός (dokimastikós, “test, trial”)

and see: δοκίμιο n (dokímio, “proof copy, essay”)