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programma

programma noun: any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

Noun

programma (plural programmata)

  1. (historical, obsolete, Ancient Greece) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
  2. (obsolete) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
    • a programma was issued in one of the most ample colleges1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry
  3. (obsolete) A preface.

Forms of programma

pluralprogrammata

Origin of programma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma). Doublet of program.

Questions about programma

What does programma mean?
Programma means any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
What part of speech is programma?
Programma is a noun.
What is the plural of programma?
The plural of programma is programmata.

Words near programma in the dictionary

  1. programistic
  2. programists
  3. programless
  4. programlessness
  5. programm
  6. programma
  7. programmabilities
  8. programmability
  9. programmable
  10. programmable logic array
  11. programmable logic arrays

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