Liddell-Scott-Jones

δοκιμασία (dokimasia) examination ^G:N-F

δοκιμασία-ᾰσία, ἡ,

examination, scrutiny:

__1 of magistrates after election, to see if they fulfil the legal requirements of legitimacy, full citizenship, etc., ἡ δ. τῶν στρατηγῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 δ. τῶν ἱππέων passing muster, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 δ. (i.e. ἐφήβων), before admission to the rights of manhood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 δ. τῶν ῥητόρων a judicial process to determine the right of a man to speak in the ἐκκλησία or in the law-courts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 examination of recruits, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__6 generally, test, δ. ἱκανήν [τινος] λαβεῖν make full trial of, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but, receive assurance of.., [LXX+4th c.BC+]