ta;" sponda;" leluvsqai Thuc.
4.
y. periv, uJpevr tino"
Plat
.,
Aeschin.
III.
Act.
in same sense as
Med.
, only in
Soph.
Aj. (
divkhn ejyhvfisan
), and in late writers:—but the
aor.
I
pass.
yhfisqh`nai
is used in
pass.
sense,
to be voted,
Thuc
.,
Xen.
,
etc.
; so
pf. part.
ejyhfismevnoi qanei`n
condemned by vote
to die,
Eur.
yhfiv"
yhfiv" , i`do", hJ , Dim. of yh`fo" , a small pebble, Il., Luc.
2. a pebble for reckoning, Anth.
yhvfisma
yhvfisma , ato", tov , ( yhfivzomai ) a proposition carried by vote: esp. a measure passed in the ejkklhsiva , a decree, Ar .; to; Megarevwn y . the decree concerning them, Thuc. ; so, peri; Megarevwn y . Id.; y. gravfein to bring in a decree, Ar ., Dem. ; y. ejpiyhfivzein , of the provedroi , to put it to the vote, Aeschin. ; y. nika`n to carry it, Id.; y. kaqairei`n to rescind it, Lat. abrogare , Thuc.
yhfismatopwvlh"
yhfisma±to-pwvlh" , ou, oJ , a decree-monger, Ar.
yhfismatwvdh"
yhfisma±t-wvdh" , e" , of the nature of a decree, Arist.
yhfopoiov"
yhfo-poiov" , ovn , ( yh`fo" II , poievw ) making votes or tampering with them, Soph.
yh`fo"
yh`fo" , Dor. ya`fo" , hJ , ( yavw ) a small stone, a pebble, rubbed and rounded in river-beds or on the sea-shore, Lat. calculus , Pind ., Hdt.
II. a pebble used for reckoning, a counter, yhvfoi" logivzesqai to calculate by arithmetic, to cipher, Hdt .; hence to reckon exactly or accurately, Ar .; ejn yhvfw/ levgein Aesch .:—in pl. accounts, kaqarai; yh`foi an exact balance, Dem.
2.
a pebble used for playing at draughts,
Plat.
3.
a pebble used in voting,
which was thrown into the voting-urn (
uJdriva
),
Hdt.
,
Att.
;
yh`fon fevrein
to give ones vote, Lat. suffragium ferre , Aesch ., etc. ; so, yh`fon tivqesqai Hdt .:— yhvfw/ krivnein, diakrivnein to determine by vote, Thuc ., etc. :—in collective sense, y. givgnetai periv tino" a vote is taken, Antipho; hJ swvzousa, hJ kaqairou`sa yh`fo" the vote of acquittal, of condemnation, Lys. , Dem. :— th;n yh`fon ejpavgein to put the vote or question, like ejpiyhfivzein , Thuc. b. that which is carried by vote, y. katagnwvsew" a vote of condemnation, Thuc. ; yh`fo" peri; fugh`" a vote of banishment, Xen. c. any resolve or decree, e.g. of a king, Soph. ; liqivna ya`fo" a decree written on stone, Pind. ; didoi` ya`fon parÆ aujta`" [the oak] gives judgment of itself, Id. d. yh`fo" jAqhna`" , Calculus Minervae, a proverb. phrase to express acquittal. — The vote by yh`fo" , ballot, must be distinguished from that by kuvamo" , lot; the former being used in trials, the latter in elections.
4. the place of voting (as pessoiv for the place of play), Eur.
yhfoforevw
yhfoforevw , f. hvsw , to give ones vote, vote, Luc.
yhfoforiva