bouleutic
UK/bəˈljuːtɪk/US/boʊˈl(j)utɪk/
bouleutic adjective: pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
Adjective
bouleutic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
- 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.2006, Mogens Herman Hansen, Studies in the Population of Aigina, Athens and Eretria, →ISBN, page 29
- 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.2013, Alan H. Sommerstein, Andrew James Bayliss, Oath and State in Ancient Greece, →ISBN, page 41
Origin of bouleutic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλευτικός (bouleutikós), ultimately from βουλή (boulḗ).
Words formed from bouleutic
Questions about bouleutic
- What does bouleutic mean?
- Bouleutic means pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
- What part of speech is bouleutic?
- Bouleutic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bouleutic?
- Bouleutic is pronounced /bəˈljuːtɪk/ (UK).
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