ῥήτρ-α,ἡ, Ion.
ῥήτρη, Eleanϝράτρα,v.infr.: (ἐρῶ):—
A. verbal agreement, bargain, covenant,ἀλλ' ἄγε νῦν ῥήτρην ποιησόμεθ' Od. 14.393 ; παρὰ τὴν ῥ.
X. An. 6.6.28
; ῥ. πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ὁμολογία γίνεται
Ael. VH 2.7
, cf. 10.18 ;ποιοῦνται ῥήτρας ἐπὶ χρυσίῳ παμπόλλῳthey laywagers, Id. NA 15.24 .
II. in the Doric and Elean dialects,compact, treaty,ἁ ϝράτρα τοῖρ ϝαλείοις καὶ τοῖς Ἑρϝαοίοις(i.e.ἡ ῥήτρα τοῖς Ἠλείοις καὶ τοῖς Ἡραιεῦσι) SIG 9 (Elis,vi B.C.).
2. ofthe lawsof Lycurgus, which assumed the character ofa compact between the Law-giver and the People, Plu. Lyc. 6 , cf. 13 ; later,decree, ordinance, of the Spartan kings, as of Agis , Id. Agis 8 ;εὐθείαις ῥ. ἀνταπαμειβομένους(perh. in reference to theσκολιά(sc.ῥήτρα) mentioned in the addition made to the originalῥήτρα, Plu. Lyc. 6 ), Tyrt. 2.8 .
3. at Byzantium,=προβούλευμα, ἐκ τᾶς βωλᾶς λαβὼν ῥήτρανDecr.Byz. ap. D. 18.90 (unless,leave to speak, cf. infr. 111 ).
4. generally,law, X. Cyr. 1.6.33 ;ordinanceof a festival, IG 5(1).1498.12 (Messenia).