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ψήφισμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψήφισμα ψηφίσματος

Structure: ψηφισματ (Stem)

Etym.: yhfi/zomai

Sense

  1. A proposal passed by a majority vote
  2. A decree or law

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐποίησε ψήφισμα ἐν ἔτει δωδεκάτῳ τῆσ βασιλείασ Ἀρταξέρξου καὶ ἔβαλε κλήρουσ ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρασ καὶ μῆνα ἐκ μηνόσ, ὥστε ἀπολέσαι ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ τὸ γένοσ Μαρδοχαίου, καὶ ἔπεσεν ὁ κλῆροσ εἰσ τὴν τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην τοῦ μηνόσ, ὅσ ἐστιν Ἀδάρ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:7)
  • πῶσ Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου, ὁ Μακεδών, ἐπολέμει αὐτούσ, καθὼσ ἔθετο ψήφισμα καὶ κλῆρον ἀφανίσαι αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Esther 9:24)
  • ψήφισμα δὲ ἐξέπεσεν εἰσ τὰσ ἀστυγείτονασ πόλεισ Ἑλληνίδασ Πτολεμαίου ὑποτιθεμένου τὴν αὐτὴν ἀγωγὴν κατὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἄγειν καὶ σπλαγνίζειν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:8)
  • κατὰ δὲ τὸ κοινὸν τῆσ πόλεωσ ψήφισμα, καὶ τούτων ἐπιδεξαμένων ὡσ ἂν εἰρηνεύειν θελόντων καὶ μηδὲν ὕποπτον ἐχόντων, ἐπαναχθέντασ αὐτοὺσ ἐβύθισαν ὄντασ οὐκ ἔλαττον τῶν διακοσίων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:4)
  • τοῦτο μὲν ὑμῖν τὸ ψήφισμα. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 18:3)
  • πέρασ γοῦν, εἰ ἐθέλεισ, ὦ Ζεῦ, ψήφισμά τι περὶ τούτων ἀναγνώσομαι ἤδη ξυγγεγραμμένον. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. A decree or law

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