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ephete rare.|ˈɛfiːt|
[ad. Gr. ἐϕέτης, agent-n. f. εϕιέναι to impose, command, etc., f. ἐπί (see epi-) + ἱέναι to send.]
In pl. The members of a body of magistrates at Athens. More commonly in L. form ephetæ.
1839Thirlwall Greece II. 19 He [Draco] introduced some changes in the administration of criminal justice, by transferring causes of murder, or of accidental homicide, from the cognizance of the archons to the magistrates called ephetes; though it is not clear whether he instituted, or only modified or enlarged, their jurisdiction.
So eˈphetic a. [see -ic.] (See quot.)
1849Grote Greece ii. x. (ed. 2) III. 107 note, Plato copies to a great degree the arrangements of the ephetic tribunals, in his provisions for homicide. |