{"def":{"short":"a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), i.e., (by implication, of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote","long":["a small worn smooth stone, a pebble",["in the ancient courts of justice the accused were condemned by black pebbles and the acquitted by white"],"a vote (on account of the use of pebbles in voting)"]},"deriv":"from the same as G5584","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈp͡se.fos","ipa_mod":"ˈp͡se̞.fows","sbl":"psēphos","dic":"PSAY-fose","dic_mod":"PSAY-fose"},"see":["G5584"]}