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ἀποκλήρωσις

ἀποκλήρωσις, selection by lot

ἀποκλήρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
  • selection by lot, δικαστῶν D.C. 39.7; choice by lot or chance, unreasoning choice, Plu. Stoic.rep. 2.1045f: hence, absurdity, absence of reason, in the phrase τίς ἡ ἀ. τοῦ . .; what is there unreasonable in . ., A.D. Synt. 267.17, cf. Alex.Aphr. de An. 22.25, S.E. M. 8.351, Dam. Pr. 34, al.; κατʼ ἀποκλήρωσιν without reason, at random, fortuitously, Gal. 1.135, al.

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