A.“ἐξετῶ” Isoc.9.34, cf. AB251: aor. “ἐξήτασα” Ar.Th.438, S.OC211 (lyr.), etc., Dor. “ἐξήταξα” Theoc.14.28: pf. “ἐξήτακα” Pl.Tht.154d, etc.:—Pass., fut. “-ετασθήσομαι” D.2.20: aor. -ητάσθην (v. infr.): pf. -ήτασμαι (v. sub fin.):—examine well or closely, scrutinize, review, “ἐ. φίλους, ὅντιν᾽ ἔχουσι νόον” Thgn.1016, cf. Ar.l.c., etc.; “τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ξυμμαχίαν ἐ.” Th.2.7; “βίον αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐξετάσω” D.21.21; “ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος ἐξετασθῆναι δεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα” Antipho 5.37; ἐ., opp. ὑπέχειν λόγον, Arist.Rh.1354a5; τὸ δι᾽ ἀκριβείας -αζόμενον exactly weighed words, Pl.Tht.184c; ἐ. τι <διὰ> τῶν εἰδότων make inquiries into a thing from . ., Plb.10.8.1: folld. by Relat., “ἐ. ὅστις ἦν” D.45.82; “ἐ. τί καὶ πῶς λέγουσι” Pl.Phdr.261a; “ἐ. τινά, τίνος ἐστὶ γένους” Epicr.11.17.
2. of troops, inspect, review, Th.7.33,35, etc.; “στρατιώτας σὺν τοῖς ὅπλοις” Hell.Oxy.10.1:—Pass., “στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει κἀξετάζεται” E.Supp.391, cf. Th.6.97.
3. ἐ. τὴν βουλήν, τὸ βουλευτικόν, = Lat. legere senatum, revise the roll of the Senate, D.C. 52.42, 54.13.
4. examine, approve, PRev.Laws40.19 (Pass., iii B. C.), etc.
II. examine or question a person closely, Hdt.3.62, S.Aj.586, OC211; “τινὰ περί τινος” Pl.Phdr.258d; “τινά τι” Id.Grg.515b, X.Cyr.6.2.35; “δικαίως αὐτὸν ἐξετάσω” D.21.154, cf. 18.20; “τὸν δεσπότην ὁ δοῦλος ἐξετάζει” Id.45.76:—Pass., Men.Epit. 65.
III. estimate, τι πρός τι one thing with reference to another, D.6.7; “πρὸς ἐκείνους ἐ. καὶ παραβάλλειν ἐμέ” Id.18.314; “ἰσοστάσιος ἦν ἡ πορφύρα πρὸς ἄργυρον ἐξεταζομένη” Theopomp.Hist.114, cf. Jul.Or. 3.119a; “ἐ. τινὰ παρ᾽ ἄλληλα” D.18.265, cf. Isoc.8.11; compare, “πρὸς Ἀριστογείτονα ἐμαυτόν” D.Ep.3.43.
IV. prove by scrutiny or test, of gold, Chilo 1 (Pass.); “ἐ. τοὺς κακούς τε κἀγαθούς” X.Oec.20.14; “τοὺς χρησίμους” D.34.38: c. part., “ἐξητακὼς στερεοὺς ὑπάρχοντας τοὺς τόπους” Plb.3.79.1:—more freq. in Pass., ἐὰν μὴ παρὼν ἐ. unless he is proved to have been present, Pl.Lg.764a; “καὶ λέγων καὶ γράφων ἐξηταζόμην τὰ δέοντα” D.18.173; ἐξήτασαι πεποιηκώς ib.197; ἐξετάζεσθαι φίλος (sc. ὤν) E.Alc.1011; “ἐχθρὸς ἐξεταζόμενος” D.21.65; “κατήγορος” Id.22.66; “μέτριοι ἐν τοῖς ἀνηκέστοις” Plu.2.74b; of things, “τὰ φοβερὰ ἐξετασθήσεται μέχρι λόγου τοιαῦτα ὄντα” D.H.6.63.
V. Pass., to be numbered, counted, c. gen., “ὧν εἷς ἐγὼ βουληθεὶς ἐξετάζεσθαι” And.4.2; “τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἷς ἐξετάζεσθαι” to be found in the number of . ., D.19.291; μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξητάζετο he appeared among . ., Id.18.217; “ἔν τισι” D.H.6.59; to be placed on a roll, ἐν τοῖς ἱππικοῖς among the Equites at Rome, Plu.Pomp.14; of the census, ἐξητάσθησαν αἱ πᾶσαι πεντεκαίδεκα [μυριάδες] Id.caes.55.