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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

  • κοὐχὶ μὴ παύσησθε τῶν ψηφισμάτων τούτων, πρὶν ἂν τοῦ σκέλουσ ὑμᾶσ λαβών τισ ἐκτραχηλίσῃ φέρων. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees5)
  • ἀπὸ ποίων ψηφισμάτων οὗτοσ ἢ ποίων νόμων οὐκ εἴληφεν ἀργύριον; (Dinarchus, Speeches, 49:3)
  • αἰσχρὸν γὰρ καὶ δεινόν, ἑτέρουσ μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν Δημοσθένουσ ψηφισμάτων, οὐδὲν ὄντασ τούτου χείρουσ οὐδὲ τοσαῦτ’ ἠδικηκότασ ὅσαπερ οὗτοσ, ἀπολωλέναι, τουτονὶ δὲ καταφρονοῦντα ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν νόμων ἀτιμώρητον ἐν τῇ πόλει περιιέναι, αὐτὸν ὑφ’ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ψηφισμάτων ὧν ἔγραψεν ἑαλωκότα. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 103:2)
  • μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἀναγκάσω κυνηγετεῖν ἐγὼ τούτουσ ἅπαντασ, παυσαμένουσ ψηφισμάτων. (Aristotle, Episode 2:8)
  • ταῦθ’ ὑμᾶσ ἱκετεύων ἐγὼ δικαιοτέραν πολὺ δέησιν δέομαι τούτων τῶν τοιαῦτα πεπραχότων, μὴ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν οἱ πρόγονοι πολλοὺσ ὑπέμειναν κινδύνουσ, μηδ’ εἰσ ἀδοξίαν αἰσχρὰν ἀγαγεῖν τὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀξίωμα, μηδὲ ἀντικαταλλάξασθαι τὴν πρὸσ τούτουσ χάριν τῶν νόμων καὶ τῶν τοῦ δήμου <ψηφισμάτων> καὶ τῶν τῆσ βουλῆσ ἀποφάσεων. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 25:3)

Synonyms

  1. A decree or law

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