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Headword: Psêphos melaina
Adler number: psi,85
Translated headword: black pebble, black vote
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

The one for conviction; white is the one for acquittal.[1]
The Pisidian [writes]: "he pronounced a judgement of a black pebble".[2]

Greek Original:

Psêphos melaina: hê katadikazousa: leukê de hê dikaiousa. Pisidês: psêphou melainês exephônêse krisin.

Notes:

[1] cf. lambda 327.
[2] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.35 (and cf. Bellum Avaricum 389).

Keywords: definition; law; poetry
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 December 2005@10:30:41.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (set status) on 21 December 2005@12:06:44.
David Whitehead (augmented n.2) on 22 December 2005@03:06:17.

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