δόκῐμ-ος, ον
(Doric dialect α, ον [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.103)] Refs], (δέχομαι) acceptable: hence,
__1 of persons, trustworthy, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 28 (_superlative_), 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 67 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; approved, esteemed, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.65, +others; δ. παρά τινι [prev. author] 7.117 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 277 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, of approved ability to do.., δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις.. εἴργειν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 87 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ -ώτατον [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.162 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; notable, considerable, ποταμός [[ [prev. author] 7.129 ] Refs]; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. [[ “Tab.Heracl.” [same place]] Refs]; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.24, compare “PLond.” 3.938.6 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕμνος acceptable, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 adverb -μως really, genuinely, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 547 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]