A).petalism, method of banishing citizens practised at Syracuse, like the ὀστρακισμός at Athens, exc. that the name was written on olive-leaves instead of potsherds, D.S. 11.87 .
{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πεταλ-ισμός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">petalism</span>, method of banishing citizens practised at Syracuse, like the <span class="foreign greek">ὀστρακισμός</span> at Athens, exc. that the name was written on <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">olive-leaves</span> instead of potsherds, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:11:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:11.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 11.87 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}