δοκῐμάζω,
(δόκιμος) assay, test, πορφύραν καὶ χρυσόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39; τοὺς οἴνους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118a28; τὰ νομίσματα [prev. author] “HA” 491a21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, prove for oneself, choose, χώραν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.11 (uncertain)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, ἐπειδὰν τὸ ἔργον.. δοκιμασθῇ [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2266.15 (from Delos). ] Refs]
__2 of persons, δ. αὐτούς put them to the test, make trial of them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.50; δ. τοὺς μηνυτάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.53; φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.1, compare “PEleph.” 1.8 (4th c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of Apis-bulls, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II approve, sanction, μετὰ δεδοκιμασμένου [λόγου] μὴ ξυνέπεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; ἐψηφίσασθε δοκιμάσαντες τοὺς νόμους, εἶτ᾽ ἀναγράψαι τούτους οἳ ἂν δοκιμασθῶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.82; ἄρρενας ἔρωτας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.11e; ὅπῃ ταύτῃ ἀρετὴ δοκιμάζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407c: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐκπονεῖν ἐδοκίμαζε he approved of their working, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4; ἐπειδή.. ἐδοκιμάσθη ταῦτα καλῶς ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 as a political term,