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Headword: *)ostrakismo/s
Adler number: omicron,716
Translated headword: ostracism
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those most hostile to the people [sc. in classical Athens] used to be ostracized and [thus?] convicted; for the name of the man about to be exiled was written on pieces of pot [ostraka].
Greek Original:
*)ostrakismo/s: oi( kakonou/statoi tw=| dh/mw| e)cwstraki/zonto kai\ katedika/zonto: o)stra/kois ga\r e)gra/feto to\ o)/noma tou= feucome/nou.
Note:
Beyond explaining the etymology of the word, a feeble entry (from Photius, Lexicon omicron572 Theodoridis, itself taken over from Hesychius omicron1461). See rather omicron 717, which, inter alia, makes a proper distinction between ostracism and exile. See also epsilon 1810, epsilon 1811.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; history; law; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 July 2001@03:14:49.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 5 July 2001@13:30:46.
David Whitehead (augmented note; tweaks) on 14 August 2009@10:12:44.
Catharine Roth (added cross-references) on 31 July 2011@20:27:32.
David Whitehead on 30 July 2013@04:14:40.
David Whitehead on 20 May 2016@04:55:12.

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