单词 | ephete |
释义 | epheten. rare. In plural. The members of a body of magistrates at Athens. More commonly in Latin form ephetæ. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > ancient Greek courts ephorism1633 Areopagus1642 ephetes1839 ephorate1841 dicastery1846 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) 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. Derivatives eˈphetic adj. [see -ic suffix.] (see quot. 1847). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [adjective] > ancient Greek magistrate ephoral1836 ephoric1846 ephetic1847 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. x. 106 (note) Plato, copies to a great degree, the arrangements of the ephetic tribunals, in his provisions for homicide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1839 |
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