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|Definition=ατος, τό, Dor. ψάφιγμα <b class="b3">[ψᾱ</b>] <span class="title">Inscr.Cret.</span>1. v 20 <span class="title">A</span>17 (Arcades, ii B.C.); written [ψ] άπιγμα <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.171.53 (Tymnus, v/iv B.C.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[proposal passed by a majority of votes]]: esp. <b class="b2">measure passed by a popular assembly, decree, act</b>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>601</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>536</span>, al.: c. gen. suasoris, [[the decree proposed by]] him, τὸ Καννωνοῦ ψ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1090</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.27</span>: but <b class="b3">τὸ Μεγαρέων ψ</b>. the [[decree concerning]] them, <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span> (more freq. <b class="b3">τὸ περὶ Μ. ψ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">139</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.32</span>); also τὸ ψ. τὸ διὰ τὰς λαικαστρίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 536</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγένετο ψ. μὴ ἐξεῖναι</b> . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.2.15</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. γράφειν</b> bring in a [[decree]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1429</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. ἐπιψηφίζειν</b> put [[it]] to the vote, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.84</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. νικᾶν</b> carry [[it]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.68</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. καθαιρεῖν</b> rescind [[it]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξαλεῖψαι, ἀφελέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">And.1.76</span>, <span class="bibl">2.24</span>: prop. concerned with special circumstances (οὐδὲν ἐνδέχεται ψ. εἶναι καθόλου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292a37</span>); opp. [[νόμος]] (general law, statute), νόμους καὶ ψηφίσματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173d</span>; ὅταν τὰ ψ. κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ νόμος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292a6</span>; περὶ ἐνίων ἀδύνατον θέσθαι νόμον, ὥστε ψηφίσματος δεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1137b29</span>; ψηφισμάτων οὐδ' ὁτιοῦν διαφέρουσιν οἱ νόμοι, ἀλλὰ νεώτεροι οἱ νόμοι, καθ' οὓς τὰ ψ. δεῖ γράφεσθαι, τῶν ψ. αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">D.20.92</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[decree]], [[law]], θεῶν ψ. παλαιόν <span class="bibl">Emp.115</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>378</span> (lyr.), Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Es.</span>3.7</span>, al.</span>