Bouleutic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bəˈljuːtɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bouleutic is an adjective meaning (historical) Pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
Meaning
(historical) Pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
Example Sentences
A bouleutic inscription of 336/5 BC, however, provides argument for Phocion's long sought demotic.
If - as is commonly believed - they were not revised until 307/6, a significant discrepancy between population and bouleutic quota must have developed in the course of two centuries during which Athens experienced dramatic expansions and contractions of its population.
The fact that the Ath.Pol. (22.2-3) states that the original bouleutic oath instituted in the archonship of Hermocreon (502/1 BC?) was “still in use” in the fourth century would appear to clash with the new clauses that were added to the oath throughout the fifth century.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include probouleutic, curialist, curialistic, cacodoxical, consistorian, collegial.
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