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ἐπιχειρο-τονία , ἡ,
A.voting by show of hands, Pl.Lg.755e ; “-τονίαν διδόναι, εἰ δοκεῖ..ἢ μή” Arist.Ath.43.5.
2. confirmation of the powers of magistrates, D.58.27 (pl.), Arist.Ath.55.4 ; ἐ. αὐτῶν ἐστί..εἰ δοκοῦσιν καλῶς ἄρχειν ib.61.2.
b. ἐ. νόμων confirmation of the existing laws, Lex ap.D.24.20.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 43.5
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 55.4
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 61.2
    • Demosthenes, Against Timocrates, 20
    • Demosthenes, Against Theocrines, 27
    • Plato, Laws, 755e
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