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ψήφισμα

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Gloss: a referendum

Transliteration: psēphisma

Strong’s: G9793

a proposition carried by vote : especially a measure passed in the ἐκκλησία, a decree , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὸ Μεγαρέων ψ. the decree concerning them, (Thucydides); so, περὶ Μεγαρέων ψ. (Thucydides); ψ. γράφειν to bring in a decree , (Aristophanes Comicus); ψ. ἐπιψηφίζειν, of the πρόεδροι, to put it to the vote, (Aeschines Orator); ψ. νικᾶν to carry it , (Aeschines Orator); ψ. καθαιρεῖν to rescind it , Lat. abrogare, (Thucydides) (ML)
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