psephisma Latin · revision 34175

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=grc ψῆφος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pseːˈpʰɪs.ma]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pseˈfiz.ma]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''psēphisma''' ''n'' (genitive psēphismatis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ψήφισμα|tr=psḗphisma|t=decree of an assembly]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Köbler 2010) a noun from [[m|grc|ψηφίζω|tr=psēphízō|t=to count with pebbles; to put to the vote, decide]], itself from [[m|grc|ψῆφος|tr=psêphos|t=pebble, voting pebble]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cicero uses it in the speech for Flaccus of decrees of Greek cities, which he says were extorted by threats and promises and passed in a turbulent assembly.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short equate it with the Roman ''plēbiscītum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Under the Empire Pliny the Younger uses it of an address of thanks that a Greek community voted to the emperor.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Du Cange records it in the Latin text of Justinian's Novels and in Greek–Latin glossaries, glossed as a resolution or decree.^(Du Cange 1883)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the decrees of Greek cities.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|decree]] or resolution of a popular [[m|en|assembly]] in a Greek city.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # An address of thanks voted to the emperor by a Greek community.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plēbiscītum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}