Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ψᾶφος ‎(psâphos) (Doric)
• ψᾶφαξ ‎(psâphax) (Aeolic)

Noun

ψῆφος • ‎(psêphos) f ‎(genitive ψήφου); second declension

1. a pebble
   1. a precious stone, gem
2. (based on the uses made of such pebbles)
   1. a pebble used for reckoning, a counter
   2. a pebble used for a draught or chessman
   3. a pebble used for divination
   4. a pebble used for voting
      1. that which is carried by vote, a vote
      2. resolve, decree, judgment
      3. a place of voting, poll

Inflection

Derived terms

• ψηφοφορία ‎(psēphophoría)
• ἰσοψηφία ‎(isopsēphía)

Descendants

• Greek: ψήφος ‎(psífos)

References

• ψῆφος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψῆφος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ψῆφος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G5586”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • act idem, page 9.
  • ballot idem, page 60.
  • counter idem, page 177.
  • decree idem, page 202.
  • edict idem, page 261.
  • enactment idem, page 270.
  • resolution idem, page 702.
  • suffrage idem, page 836.
  • tribunal idem, page 894.
  • vote idem, page 957.