δόγμα, ατος, τό,
(δοκέω) that which seems to one, opinion or belief, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 538c; δ. πόλεως κοινόν [prev. author] “Lg.” 644d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of philosophical doctrines, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.7, 15.28, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.59, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.204, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; notion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 decision, judgement, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 926d (_plural_)] Refs]; public decree, ordinance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.6; τὰ τῶν Ἀμφικτυόνων δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.19, compare 18.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόγμα ποιήσασθαι, with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of Roman Senatus-consulta, δ. συγκλήτου [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.13.2, “IG” 12(3).173.22; δ. τῆς βουλῆς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]