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ἀποκληρόω

ἀποκληρόω, to choose by lot from

ἀποκληρ-όω,
  • choose by lot from a number, Hdt. 2.32; ἀ. ἕνα ἐκ δεκάδος Id. 3.25; ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν λόχων Th. 4.8: at Athens, choose or elect by lot, πρυτάνεις Id. 8.70, cf. And. 1.82; σιτοφύλακας ἀ. Lys. 22.16:—Pass., to be so chosen, D. 25.27, Marm.Par. 16: hence, choose at random, prob. in Phld. Rh. 1.114 S.:—Med., much like Act., Ph. 2.508, Plu. Monarch. 2.826f.
      • 2 allot, assign by lot, χώραν τινί Plu. Caes. 51, cf. Hld. 4.2:—Pass., to be allotted, fall to oneʼs share, τινί Luc. Merc.Cond. 32, Ph. 2.577; have allotted to one, τι Ph. 1.214.
    • II eliminate by lot, Arist. Pol. 1298b26.

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