The corpus record

ψηφοφορ-ία

psephophoria · ἡ

vote by ballot

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Where it lives

Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

vote by ballot, voting, voting

vote by ballot, Arist. Pol. 1268a2; opp. χειροτονία, Id. Rh.Al. 1446b22: generally, voting, Foed.Delph.Pell. 1A 12, Phld. Rh. 2.189S., D.H. 4.20, 7.59, Plu. Cor. 20, etc.; αἱ ὑπατικαὶ ψ. voting at the consular comitia, Id. Marc. 4.

2 judgement, decree

judgement, decree, θεοῦ J. AJ 4.2.4.

3 calculation

Astron., calculation, Ptol. Alm. 4.9 (pl.), Procl. Hyp. 1.27, etc.:—sts. written ψηφηφορία, as in Arist. Rh.Al. l.c.

In the wild

ψηφοφορίας · psēphophorias Aristotle, Politics 1268a (DIORISIS sentence 595)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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