ψηφ-ίζω,
future Attic dialect -ιῶ (ἐπι-) [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.84 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐψήφισα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.141c, (ἐπι-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἐψήφικα (ἐπ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.35, (κατ-) 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, see below [[ 11 ] Refs]:—passive, see below [[ 111 ] Refs]:—count, reckon, properly with pebbles (ψῆφοι), [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.26.13, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.168 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 171 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ψ. δακτύλοις Plu. [prev. cited]
__2 ἐὰν ψηφίσῃς τὸ ἓν ἐν γράμμασιν, i.e. if you add up the numerical values of the letters in the word ἕν, [[ “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 64. ] Refs]
__II more frequently in middle ψηφίζομαι: future Attic dialect ψηφιοῦμαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 769, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177d, etc. (ψηφίσομαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] is falsa lectio where found, e.g. in [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.44, 14.47, (κατα-) 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.12, 6.10, (ἀπο-) [prev. passage]): _aorist_ ἐψηφισάμην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48, etc.: _perfect_ ἐψήφισμαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] in middle sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 591 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—properly, cast one's vote with a pebble:
__II.1 absolutely, εἰς ὑδρίαν ψ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 755 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, vote, ψήφῳ ψηφίζεσθαι μὴ φεύγειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς νόμοις ψηφίσασθαι vote in support of the laws, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.188; ἐναντία ψ. τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]