psephisma
English
Etymology
From Latin psēphisma, and its source, Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma).
Noun
psephisma (plural psephismata)
- (Ancient Greece) A psephism. [from 17th c.]
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:
- The ruin of the antient democracies was, that they ruled […] by occasional decrees, psephismata.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France:
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pseːˈpʰis.ma/, [ps̠eːˈpʰɪs̠mä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pseˈfis.ma/, [pseˈfizmä]
Noun
psēphisma n (genitive psēphismatis); third declension
- plebiscite
- ordinance of the people
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | psēphisma | psēphismata |
Genitive | psēphismatis | psēphismatum |
Dative | psēphismatī | psēphismatibus |
Accusative | psēphisma | psēphismata |
Ablative | psēphismate | psēphismatibus |
Vocative | psēphisma | psēphismata |
References
- “psephisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “psephisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- psephisma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- psephisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “psephisma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “psephisma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin