Δοκιμασθείς
having been scrutinized
Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes [uses this word] to mean having been registered amongst [the] adults.1 For he also refers to having been scrutinized before the archons.2 The term "having been scrutinized" used also to be applied to those in public life, even if they were not exercizing an office of any kind; sometimes their life was examined. Lycurgus says3 that three scrutinies take place by law: for one is the one in which the nine archons are scrutinized; in another it is the public speakers,4 and in a third the generals. But in the same speech he also talks of a scrutiny of cavalrymen.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δοκιμασθείς· Δημοσθένης μὲν ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγραφείς. λέγει γὰρ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων τὸ δοκιμασθῆναι. ἐλέγετο δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πολιτευομένων τὸ δοκιμασθῆναι, εἰ καὶ μηδ' ἥντινα ἦρχον ἀρχήν· ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν ἐξητάζετο ὁ βίος. Λυκοῦργος δὲ γʹ δοκιμασίας φησὶ κατὰ τὸν νόμον γίνεσθαι. καὶ γὰρ μία μέν ἐστιν, ἣν οἱ θʹ ἄρχοντες δοκιμάζονται· ἄλλη δέ, ἣν οἱ ῥήτορες, τρίτη δέ, ἣν οἱ στρατηγοί. λέγει δὲ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ καὶ ἱππέων δοκιμασίαν.
Betacode
*dokimasqei/s: *dhmosqe/nhs me\n a)nti\ tou= ei)s a)/ndras e)ggrafei/s. le/gei ga\r kai\ e)pi\ tw=n a)rxo/ntwn to\ dokimasqh=nai. e)le/geto de\ kai\ e)pi\ tw=n politeuome/nwn to\ dokimasqh=nai, ei) kai\ mhd' h(/ntina h)=rxon a)rxh/n: e)ni/ote de\ kai\ au)tw=n e)chta/zeto o( bi/os. *lukou=rgos de\ g# dokimasi/as fhsi\ kata\ to\n no/mon gi/nesqai. kai\ ga\r mi/a me/n e)stin, h(\n oi( q# a)/rxontes dokima/zontai: a)/llh de/, h(\n oi( r(h/tores, tri/th de/, h(\n oi( strathgoi/. le/gei de\ e)n tw=| au)tw=| lo/gw| kai\ i(ppe/wn dokimasi/an.
Notes (4)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.↩
- 1Demosthenes 30.6 (web address 1). ↩
- 2Demosthenes 57.25 (web address 2). ↩
- 6Lycurgus fr. 18 Conomis. ↩
- 4See delta 1329.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- δ157Δεδοκιμασμέναapproved (ones), tested (ones)[Meaning] chosen [ones]. Eusebius "also wrote other approved commentaries."
- δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he] having judged. Also [sc. attested is] dokimasqei/sais, ["having been scrutinised"], [meaning] having been judged, having been affirmed. "After learning that [the] Romans did not…
- ε245Ἐδοκίμαζενwas testing, saw fit[Meaning he/she/it] was judging. "He was silent about these [matters which] he thought fit to conceal." And Appian [writes]: "drawing back to the houses, he gathered those whom he was testing". Meaning [those whom] he…
- ε246Ἐδοκίμασανthey approved, they sanctioned[Meaning] they judged, they determined. "After many words had been said in response to each side, the majority approved recognizing the former [sc. opinion]."
- ε2301ἘπιδοκιμάζωI make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]Meaning I fight on behalf of [someone/something]. [Used] with a genitive.
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