ψηφίζω

ψῆφος (psêphos, “a pebble”) +‎ -ῐ́ζω (-ízō, suffix forming verbs)

ψηφῐ́ζω • (psēphízō)

1. to count or reckon, properly with pebbles
   1. to add up the numerical values of the letters of a word
      • c. 245 CE – c. 325 CE, Iamblichus Chalcidensis, Theological principles of arithmetic 64
2. (properly) to cast one's vote with a pebble
   1. (absolute, generally) to vote
      1. (construed with the dative) to vote in support of
   2. (construed with the accusative) to vote for, to carry by vote
      1. (construed with a duplicated accusative) to vote to adjudge (someone) to be (a thing)
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.187e
   3. (construed with the infinitive) to vote, to resolve to do (something)
      1. (construed with the accusative and infinitive) to vote that ⸻
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.88
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.20
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pompey 54
   4. (+ περί (perí, “about”) / ὑπέρ (hupér, “for”) + genitive) vote
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Demodocus 382d
      • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 1.154
3. (active voice) to decide by vote
   1. (passive voice, aorist) to be voted

and see ψῆφος f (psêphos, “pebble; counter; vote”) and related terms

• Greek: ψηφίζω (psifízo)

• “ψηφίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψηφίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψηφίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ψηφίζω (psēphízō).

• IPA^(key): /psiˈfizo/
• Hyphenation: ψη‧φί‧ζω

ψηφίζω • (psifízo) (past ψήφισα, passive ψηφίζομαι, p‑past ψηφίστηκα, ppp ψηφισμένος)

1. to vote

• εκλέγω (eklégo)

• ψηφίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language