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单词 psephisma
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psephisman.

Brit. /(p)sᵻˈfɪzmə/, U.S. /(p)səˈfɪzmə/
Inflections: Plural psephismata.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin psēphisma; Greek ψήϕισμα.
Etymology: < classical Latin psēphisma and its etymon ancient Greek ψήϕισμα decree enacted by a vote of a public assembly < ψηϕίζειν to vote, originally with pebbles ( < ψῆϕος pebble (see psepho- comb. form) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -μα (see -oma comb. form).
Ancient Greek History.
= psephism n.
ΚΠ
1637 F. Rous Archæologia Atticæ iii. i. 99 A Psephisma followes the necessitie of the time.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 301 The ruin of the antient democracies was, that they ruled..by occasional decrees, psephismata.
1852 R. Winthrop in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 333 The 6,000 men who were necessary to constitute a psephisma or decree,..were all to whom Demosthenes could appeal.
1887 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 8 410 In the fragmentary psephisma published by Conze..the date is lost.
1996 S. Todd in L. Foxhalk & A. D. E. Lewis Greek Law in its Polit. Setting vii. 122 Any resolution of the fifth century assembly was as such both a nomos and a psephisma.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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