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καταψηφ-ίζομαι

katapsephizomai

vote against

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Where it lives

Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 7 · 93.46/10k
Against Alcibiades 2 3 · 49.92/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 7 · 29.02/10k
For The Soldier 2 · 23.07/10k
Against Theomnestus 2 1 · 18.28/10k
Against The Subversion of the Ancestral Constitution 1 · 18.08/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 2 · 17.81/10k
Against Agoratus 8 · 16.7/10k
Against Philocrates 1 · 15.13/10k
Apology 3 · 15/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 2 · 11.9/10k
Apology 8 · 9.16/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταψηφ-ίζομαι · katapsēph-izomai — LSJ

vote against, in condemnation of, pass a vote, against, find, guilty

vote against or in condemnation of, τινος Antipho 1.12, Lys. 10.31, Pl. Ap. 36a, 41d, X. Ap. 32: metaph., τῆς ψυχῆς Democr. 159; κ. τινὸς θάνατον pass a vote of death against him, Lys. 12.100; κατεψηφισμένοι αὐτοῦ θάνατον X. HG 1.5.19; κ. τινὸς δειλίαν, κλοπήν, find him guilty of cowardice, of theft, Lys. 14.11, Pl. Grg. 516a; ἀδικίαν ὑμῶν αὐτῶν Isoc. 15.297: abs., οἱ -ψηφισάμενοι δικασταί Pl. Lg. 878d: later in pf. Act. κατεψήφικα D.H. 4.58, 5.8.

2 to be condemned, to

Pass. (so always in aor.), to be condemned, ἑάλωκεν ἤδη καὶ κατεψήφισται D. 21.151; θανάτου ἢ φυγῆς καταψηφισθῆναι to death or exile, Pl. R. 558a, cf. Plt. 299a.

b to be pronounced against

of the sentence, to be pronounced against a person, δίκη κατεψηφισμένη τινός Th. 2.53; κατεψηφισμένος ἦν μου ὁ θάνατος X. Ap. 27, cf. 23; τὰ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν -ψηφισθέντα Lys. 14.12.

3 carry measures adverse to

Med., carry measures adverse to a person, Plu. Caes. 29.

II vote in affirmation, come to a determination

vote in affirmation, opp. ἀποψηφ-, Arist. Pol. 1298b39; generally, come to a determination, Id. Po. 1461b2:— so in Pass., τὰ κοινῇ τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς -ψηφισθέντα εἰς τιμήν τινος D.S. 29.18.

metaph., ἀείμνηστον ἡμῶν δόξαν Vett.Val. 351.28.

In the wild

καταψηφισάμενοι · katapsēphisamenoi Aristotle, Ars Poetica 25
κατεψηφισμένος · katepsēphismenos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
κατεψηφίσαντο · katepsēphisanto Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 958)
καταψηφισάμενοι · katapsēphisamenoi Aristotle, Politics 1298b (DIORISIS sentence 1724)
καταψηφιζόμενον · katapsēphizomenon Aristotle, Politics 1298b (DIORISIS sentence 1722)
καταψηφιεῖται · katapsēphieitai Aristotle, Politics 1320a (DIORISIS sentence 2375)

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