Ἀποψηφισθέντα

voted-off, voted-out

Translated by David Whitehead · 13 Jun 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

If someone [sc. in classical Athens] seemed to be a foreigner and not a citizen, the [relevant] demesmen used to vote him out in the registration-votes of the demes, and he was called "voted-out". He would then be taken to the jurycourt and tried for being a foreigner; if convicted he was sold as a foreigner,¹ but if successful [in rebutting the charge] he was admitted into the citizen-body. Thus [says] Demosthenes: "for which of you does not know Antiphon, the man voted-off?"²
See under diapsephisis ["registration vote"].³

Greek original

Ἀποψηφισθέντα· εἴ τις ξένος ἔδοξεν εἶναι καὶ οὐ πολίτης, τοῦτον ἐν ταῖς διαψηφίσεσι τῶν δήμων ἀπεψηφίζοντο οἱ δημόται, καὶ ἐλέγετο ἀπεψηφισμένος. εἶτα εἰσήγετο εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον καὶ ἐκρίνετο ξενίας, καὶ εἰ μὲν ἑάλω, ἐπιπράσκετο ὡς ξένος· εἰ δὲ ἐκράτει, ἀνελαμβάνετο εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν. οὕτως Δημοσθένης· τίς γὰρ ὑμῶν οὐκ οἶδεν ἀποψηφισθέντα Ἀντιφῶντα; ζήτει ἐν τῷ διαψήφισις.

Betacode

*)apoyhfisqe/nta: ei)/ tis ce/nos e)/docen ei)=nai kai\ ou) poli/ths, tou=ton e)n tai=s diayhfi/sesi tw=n dh/mwn a)peyhfi/zonto oi( dhmo/tai, kai\  e)le/geto a)peyhfisme/nos. ei)=ta ei)sh/geto ei)s to\ dikasth/rion kai\ e)kri/neto ceni/as, kai\ ei) me\n e(a/lw, e)pipra/sketo w(s ce/nos: ei) de\ e)kra/tei, a)nelamba/neto ei)s th\n politei/an. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs: ti/s ga\r u(mw=n ou)k oi)=den a)poyhfisqe/nta *)antifw=nta; zh/tei e)n tw=| diayh/fisis.

Notes (3)

The headword participle -- aorist passive, masculine accusative singular -- is extracted from the Demosthenes passage (eventually) quoted.
For a very different meaning of this verb see alpha 3657.
1As a slave, more exactly. On this and other aspects of the procedure see D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) 97-109. ↩
2Demosthenes 18.132-134 (at 132), our main source on the episode, of c.343 BCE. For the text see web address 1 below. See also Dinarchus 1.63; Plutarch, Demosthenes 14.5; I. Worthington, A Historical Commentary on Dinarchus (Ann Arbor 1992) 227-8. ↩
3delta 850, delta 851.

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from (3)

α3656Ἀποψηφίζονταιthey are voting off α3657ἈποψηφίζωI vote to acquit δ850Διαψήφισιςreview-balloting

Neighbours in Adler order

α3655Ἀποχρώντωςsatisfactorily α3656Ἀποψηφίζονταιthey are voting off α3657ἈποψηφίζωI vote to acquit α3658Ἀποψηφισθένταvoted-off, voted-out α3659Ἀποψοφιεῖνto break wind α3660Ἀποψώμενονwiping off α3661Ἀποψύχεινto expire, to dry out

Revisions (7)

30 Aug 2015David Whitehead
9 Apr 2012David Whiteheadanother note and keyword; cosmetics
16 May 2003William HuttonFixed typo
16 May 2003William HuttonCosmetics, added link.
22 Aug 2002David Whiteheadcosmetics
13 Jun 2001David Whiteheadtranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)apoyhfisqe/nta: ei)/ tis ce/nos e)/docen ei)=nai kai\ ou) poli/ths, tou=ton e)n tai=s diayhfi/sesi tw=n dh/mwn a)peyhfi/zonto oi( dhmo/tai, kai\  e)le/geto a)peyhfisme/nos. ei)=ta ei)sh/geto ei)s to\ dikasth/rion kai\ e)kri/neto ceni/as, kai\ ei) me\n e(a/lw, e)pipra/sketo w(s ce/nos: ei) de\ e)kra/tei, a)nelamba/neto ei)s th\n politei/an. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs: ti/s ga\r u(mw=n ou)k oi)=den a)poyhfisqe/nta *)antifw=nta; zh/tei e)n tw=| diayh/fisis.

Notes (3)

The headword participle -- aorist passive, masculine accusative singular -- is extracted from the Demosthenes passage (eventually) quoted.
For a very different meaning of this verb see alpha 3657.

1As a slave, more exactly. On this and other aspects of the procedure see D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) 97-109. ↩

2Demosthenes 18.132-134 (at 132), our main source on the episode, of c.343 BCE. For the text see web address 1 below. See also Dinarchus 1.63; Plutarch, Demosthenes 14.5; I. Worthington, A Historical Commentary on Dinarchus (Ann Arbor 1992) 227-8. ↩

3delta 850, delta 851.