κληρωτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κληρόω (klēróō, “to appoint by lot”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klɛː.rɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /kli.roˈti.ri.on/ → /kli.roˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛː.rɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kle̝.roˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.roˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.roˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.roˈti.ri.on/

Noun

κληρωτήρῐον • (klērōtḗrion) n (genitive κληρωτηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. place where elections by lot or distributions of jurors were held
2. list of citizens, so called because jurors were selected from it by lot
3. kleroterion (machine used in sortition)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κληρωτήρῐον; τοῦ κληρωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κληρωτήρῐον tò klērōtḗrion	τὼ κληρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ klērōtēríō	τᾰ̀ κληρωτήρῐᾰ tà klērōtḗria
Genitive	τοῦ κληρωτηρῐ́ου toû klērōtēríou	τοῖν κληρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn klērōtēríoin	τῶν κληρωτηρῐ́ων tôn klērōtēríōn
Dative	τῷ κληρωτηρῐ́ῳ tôi klērōtēríōi	τοῖν κληρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn klērōtēríoin	τοῖς κληρωτηρῐ́οις toîs klērōtēríois
Accusative	τὸ κληρωτήρῐον tò klērōtḗrion	τὼ κληρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ klērōtēríō	τᾰ̀ κληρωτήρῐᾰ tà klērōtḗria
Vocative	κληρωτήρῐον klērōtḗrion	κληρωτηρῐ́ω klērōtēríō	κληρωτήρῐᾰ klērōtḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κληρωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κληρωτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Papazarkadas, Nicholas (2021) “Courts, Magistrates and Allotment Procedures: A New Inscribed Kleroterion from Hellenistic Athens”, in Kaja Harter-Uibopuu, Werner Riess, editors, Symposion 2019. Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte […], Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, pages 105–23