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ψηφηφορέω
ψηφίδιον
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ψήφινος
ψηφίον
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ψήφισμα
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ψηφισματώδης
ψηφισμός
ψηφιστέον
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ψήφισμα
ψήφ-ισμα, ατος, τό, Dor. ψάφιγμα [ψᾱ] Inscr.Cret. 1 . v 20 A 17 (Arcades, ii B.C.); written [ψ] άπιγμα Supp.Epigr. 4.171.53 (Tymnus, v/iv B.C.):—
A). proposal passed by a majority of votes: esp. measure passed by a popular assembly, decree, act, A. Supp. 601 (pl.), Ar. Ach. 536 , al.: c. gen. suasoris, the decree proposed by him, τὸ Καννωνοῦ ψ. Id. Ec. 1090 , cf. And. 1.27 : but τὸ Μεγαρέων ψ. the decree concerning them, Th. 1.140 (more freq. τὸ περὶ Μ. ψ. ib. 139 , cf. X. HG 2.1.32 ); also τὸ ψ. τὸ διὰ τὰς λαικαστρίας Ar. Ach. 536 ; ἐγένετο ψ. μὴ ἐξεῖναι .. X. HG 2.2.15 ; ψ. γράφειν bring in a decree, Ar. Nu. 1429 ; ψ. ἐπιψηφίζειν put it to the vote, Aeschin. 2.84 ; ψ. νικᾶν carry it, Id. 3.68 ; ψ. καθαιρεῖν rescind it, Th. 1.140 ; ἐξαλεῖψαι, ἀφελέσθαι, And. 1.76 , 2.24 : prop. concerned with special circumstances ( οὐδὲν ἐνδέχεται ψ. εἶναι καθόλου Arist. Pol. 1292a37 ); opp. νόμος (general law, statute), νόμους καὶ ψηφίσματα Pl. Tht. 173d ; ὅταν τὰ ψ. κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ νόμος Arist. Pol. 1292a6 ; περὶ ἐνίων ἀδύνατον θέσθαι νόμον, ὥστε ψηφίσματος δεῖ Id. EN 1137b29 ; ψηφισμάτων οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν διαφέρουσιν οἱ νόμοι, ἀλλὰ νεώτεροι οἱ νόμοι, καθ’ οὓς τὰ ψ. δεῖ γράφεσθαι, τῶν ψ. αὐτῶν D. 20.92 .
II). generally, decree, law, θεῶν ψ. παλαιόν Emp. 115 , cf. Ar. V. 378 (lyr.), Lexap. And. 1.96 , LXX Es. 3.7 , al.


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a proposition carried by vote

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψήφ-ισμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">ψάφιγμα</span> <span class="foreign greek">[ψᾱ</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Cret.</span> 1 </span>.<span class="bibl"> v 20 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 17 </span> (Arcades, ii B.C.); written [<span class="orth greek">ψ] άπιγμα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 4.171.53 </span> (Tymnus, v/iv B.C.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proposal passed by a majority of votes</span>: esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">measure passed by a popular assembly, decree, act,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 601 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:536" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:536/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 536 </a>, al.: c. gen. suasoris, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the decree proposed by</span> him, <span class="quote greek">τὸ Καννωνοῦ ψ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1090" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1090/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1090 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.27 </a>: but <span class="foreign greek">τὸ Μεγαρέων ψ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decree concerning</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.140 </a> (more freq. <span class="foreign greek">τὸ περὶ Μ. ψ.</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:139/canonical-url/"> 139 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.1.32 </a>); also <span class="quote greek">τὸ ψ. τὸ διὰ τὰς λαικαστρίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:536" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:536/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 536 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐγένετο ψ. μὴ ἐξεῖναι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:2:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.2.15 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. γράφειν</span> bring in a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decree,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1429 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. ἐπιψηφίζειν</span> put <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it</span> to the vote, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.84 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. νικᾶν</span> carry <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.68 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. καθαιρεῖν</span> rescind <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.140 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐξαλεῖψαι, ἀφελέσθαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.76 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> 2.24 </a>: prop. concerned with special circumstances ( <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἐνδέχεται ψ. εἶναι καθόλου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292a:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292a.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1292a37 </a> ); opp. <span class="foreign greek">νόμος</span> (general law, statute), <span class="quote greek">νόμους καὶ ψηφίσματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:173d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:173d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 173d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅταν τὰ ψ. κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ νόμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292a:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292a.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1292a6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">περὶ ἐνίων ἀδύνατον θέσθαι νόμον, ὥστε ψηφίσματος δεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1137b:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1137b.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1137b29 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψηφισμάτων οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν διαφέρουσιν οἱ νόμοι, ἀλλὰ νεώτεροι οἱ νόμοι, καθ’ οὓς τὰ ψ. δεῖ γράφεσθαι, τῶν ψ. αὐτῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.92 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">decree, law,</span> <span class="quote greek">θεῶν ψ. παλαιόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 115 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:378/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 378 </a> (lyr.), Lexap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.96 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg019:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg019:3.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Es.</span> 3.7 </a>, al.</div> </div><br><br>'}