κλῆρος
κλῆρος
a lot; in Hom., each man marks his own lot, and they are thrown into a helmet, and the first which came out was the winning lot.
a casting lots, drawing lots, Eur.; many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opp. to election (χειροτονία, αἵρεσις) , Xen., Arist.; cf. κύαμος II.
an allotment of land assigned to citizens (cf. κληρουχία) , Hdt., Thuc., etc.
any piece of land, a portion, farm, Hom., etc.
in Eccl. the clergy, as opp. to the laity.
Headword (normalized):
κλῆρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κληρος
Intro Text:
κλῆρος
a lot; in Hom., each man marks his own lot, and they are thrown into a helmet, and the first which came out was the winning lot.
a casting lots, drawing lots, Eur.; many officers at Athens obtained their offices by lot, as opp. to election (χειροτονία, αἵρεσις) , Xen., Arist.; cf. κύαμος II.
an allotment of land assigned to citizens (cf. κληρουχία) , Hdt., Thuc., etc.
any piece of land, a portion, farm, Hom., etc.
in Eccl. the clergy, as opp. to the laity.
URN:
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