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ψηφισματώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψηφισματώδης ψηφισματώδες

Structure: ψηφισματωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. of the nature of a decree

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ πολιτικοῦ δικαίου τὸ μὲν φυσικόν ἐστι τὸ δὲ νομικόν, φυσικὸν μὲν τὸ πανταχοῦ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχον δύναμιν, καὶ οὐ τῷ δοκεῖν ἢ μή, νομικὸν δὲ ὃ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ μὲν οὐδὲν διαφέρει οὕτωσ ἢ ἄλλωσ, ὅταν δὲ θῶνται, διαφέρει, οἱο͂ν τὸ μνᾶσ λυτροῦσθαι, ἢ τὸ αἶγα θύειν ἀλλὰ μὴ δύο πρόβατα, ἔτι ὅσα ἐπὶ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστα νομοθετοῦσιν, οἱο͂ν τὸ θύειν Βρασίδᾳ, καὶ τὰ ψηφισματώδη. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 94:4)

Synonyms

  1. of the nature of a decree

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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