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ψήφισμα

ψήφισμα, ψήφισμα, τό, decree (noun)

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.):—
  • 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 οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν διαφέρουσιν οἱ νόμοι, ἀλλὰ νεώτεροι οἱ νόμοι, καθʼ 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.), Lex ap. And. 1.96, LXX Es. 3.7, al.

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