κλῆρος

κλῆρος (A), Dor. κλᾶρος Pi. (v. infr.), Leg.Gort. 5.27, etc., ου, ὁ:— A. lot, κλῆρον ἐσημήναντο ἕκαστος, ἐν δʼ ἔβαλον κυνέῃ Il. 7.175; κλήρους ἐν κυνέῃ χαλκήρεϊ πάλλον 3.316, cf. Od. 10.206; ἐκ κλῆρος ὄρουσεν Il. 3.325; ἐκ δʼ ἔθορε κλῆρος κυνέης 7.182; ἐν δὲ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο 23.352; ἐπὶ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο Od. 14.209, cf. SIG 1023.94 (Cos); κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι Od. 9.331; κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδʼ ἕπεσθαι Il. 24.400, cf. 23.862, A. Pers. 187, Hdt. 3.83, etc.; πάντας ἀνέφεδρος ἐπαγκρατίασε τοὺς κ., i.e. he never drew a bye, SIG 1073.29 (ii A.D.); κλήρου κατὰ μοῖραν E. Rh. 545 (lyr.); διὰ τὴν τοῦ κ. τύχην Pl. R. 619d, etc.; κλάροισι θεοπροπέων divining by lots, Pi. P. 4.190: hence, of oracles, E. Hipp. 1057, Ph. 838; Ἑρμῆς γὰρ ὢν κλήρῳ ποιήσεις οἶδʼ ὅτι Ar. Pax 365; κ. Ἑρμοῦ E. Fr. 39. 2. casting of lots, drawing of lots, κ. τίθεσθαι Id. IA 1198, cf. Tr. 186 (lyr.); δοκεῖ δίκαιον εἶναι πᾶσι τῶν ἀρχῶν μετεῖναι ἐν τῷ κ. X. Ath. 1.2, cf. Arist. Pol. 1300a19, IG 5(1).1390.116 (Andania, i B.C.); = Lat. sortitio provinciarum, Plu. Aem. 10. 3. λαβὼν πίστιν . . κλήρου dub. sens. in OGI 494.19 (i or ii A.D.). II. that which is assigned by lot, allotment of land, Hdt. 2.109, Th. 3.50, Pl. Lg. 740b, Arist. Pol. 1265b15, al.; λαβεῖν τᾶς χώρας ἐξαίρετον τὸν πρῶτον κλᾶρον SIG 141.6 (Corc.Nigr., iv B.C.); κ. ἱππικός OGI 229.102 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); περὶ τοῦ λάχους τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ κλάρων Schwyzer 289.88 (Priene, ii B.C.), cf. 313.4, al. 2. generally, piece of land, farm, estate, οἶκος καὶ κ. Il. 15.498; οἶκόν τε κ. τε Od. 14.64, cf.Hes. Op. 37, 341, Pi. O. 13.62; κατέφαγε τὸν κ. Hippon. 35.4; οἱ κ. τῶν Συρίων their lands, Hdt. 1.76, cf. 9.94, Call. Del. 281, etc.; Κύπρου Πάφου τʼ ἔχουσα . . κλῆρον, of Aphrodite, A. Fr. 463; κατὰ κ. Ἰαόνιον Id. Pers. 899 (lyr.); κλῆροι χθονός E. Heracl. 876; τῶν λαβόντων ἐν Ὀρχομενῷ κλᾶρον ἢ οἰκίαν IG 5(2).344.12 (iii B.C.), cf. SIG 169.61 (Iasus, iv B.C.); Πισαίοις ἐνὶ κλήροισι Nic. Fr. 74.5. b. pl., title-deeds, PGrenf. 1.14.11 (ii B.C.). 3. legacy, inheritance, heritable estate, Is. 11.9, Pl. Lg. 923d, Arist. Ath. 9.2, SIG 1186 (iv B.C.), IG 22.1368.127, 154. b. collect., body of inheritors, Leg.Gort.l.c. 4. Astrol., certain degrees in the zodiac connected with planets and important in a nativity, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.169, 170, Ptol. Tetr. 111, Vett.Val. 59.21, al., Paul.Al. K. 2 (cf. Sch.); κ. τύχης Ptol. Tetr. 129. 5. generally, province, sphere, ἕνα θεὸν πολλῶν ἅμα προεστάναι κλήρων Dam. Pr. 369. III. of the Levites, Κύριος αὐτὸς κλῆρος αὐτοῦ LXX De. 18.2: hence, of the Christian clergy, ἐν κλήρῳ καταλεγόμενος Cod.Just. 1.3.38.2, Just. Nov. 6.1.7, Astramps. Orac. 98.7.