ἀποδοκιμάζω

apodokimazo

reject on scrutiny

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 3
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Book VII 1
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32

1325a18
Book VIII 2
Chapter 6 1340b20–1341b14

1341a37
1341b9
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 29 618a8–30

618a17
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1413b20

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποδοκιμάζω, A. reject on scrutiny or trial, reject a candidate from want of qualification, Hdt. 6.130, Lys. 13.10, Archipp. 14:—Pass., λαχὼν ἀπεδοκιμάσθη ἄρχειν Din. 2.10, cf. D. 25.30. 2. generally, reject as unworthy or unfit, πασσόφους ἄνδρας Pl. Tht. 181b; ἵππον X. Eq.Mag. 1.13; νόμους Id. Mem. 4.4.14; ἀργύριον Thphr. Char. 4.11; τὴν [τοῦ αὐλοῦ] χρῆσιν ἐκ τῶν νέων Arist. Pol. 1341a26, cf. 37 (Pass.); [ἡ ὄρνις] ἀ. τὰ αὑτῆς Id. HA 618a17; τὴν τοιαύτην διατριβήν Timocl. 8.12; τὸ ποιεῖν τι X. Cyr. 8.1.47: c. inf., Phlp. in Ph. 584.26. II. conclude, judge, Dam. Pr. 117.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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