δοκιμασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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

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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative δοκιμασία • δοκιμασίες •
genitive δοκιμασίας • δοκιμασιών •
accusative δοκιμασία • δοκιμασίες •
vocative δοκιμασία • δοκιμασίες •
see: δοκιμή f (dokimí, “trial, test”)

Further reading
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