ψήφισμα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ψηφίζω (psēphízō, “vote”) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psɛ̌ː.pʰiz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpse̝.pʰiz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ɸiz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fiz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.fiz.ma/
Noun
ψήφῐσμᾰ • (psḗphĭsmă) n (genitive ψηφῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension
- a proposal passed by a majority vote
- a decree or law
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ψήφῐσμᾰ tò psḗphĭsmă |
τὼ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ psēphĭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ psēphĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτος toû psēphĭ́smătos |
τοῖν ψηφῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēphĭsmắtoin |
τῶν ψηφῐσμᾰ́των tôn psēphĭsmắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi psēphĭ́smătĭ |
τοῖν ψηφῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn psēphĭsmắtoin |
τοῖς ψηφῐ́σμᾰσῐ / ψηφῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs psēphĭ́smăsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ψήφῐσμᾰ tò psḗphĭsmă |
τὼ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ psēphĭ́smăte |
τᾰ̀ ψηφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tằ psēphĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψήφῐσμᾰ psḗphĭsmă |
ψηφῐ́σμᾰτε psēphĭ́smăte |
ψηφῐ́σμᾰτᾰ psēphĭ́smătă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ψήφισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψήφισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψήφισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek ψήφῐσμᾰ (psḗphĭsmă).
Pronunciation
Noun
ψήφισμα • (psífisma) n (plural ψηφίσματα)
- resolution (a motion voted for and accepted by a meeting)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψήφισμα (psífisma) | ψηφίσματα (psifísmata) |
| genitive | ψηφίσματος (psifísmatos) | ψηφισμάτων (psifismáton) |
| accusative | ψήφισμα (psífisma) | ψηφίσματα (psifísmata) |
| vocative | ψήφισμα (psífisma) | ψηφίσματα (psifísmata) |
Related terms
- ψηφίζω (psifízo, “vote”)
- ψηφοφορία f (psifoforía, “voting procedure”)
- vote related terms: see at ψήφος (fem.)
- and see related terms at ψήφος
See also
- πρόταση f (prótasi, “motion”)
Further reading
ψήφισμα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
