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Psephus

（ψῆφος). A pebble or stone ball used by the Athenian dicasts in giving a verdict. Hence ψηφίζεσθαι is the regular term for voting, etc. See Dicastes.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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