kleroterion
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κληρωτήριον (klērōtḗrion), from κληρόω (klēróō, “appoint by lot”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion, adjective suffix).
Noun edit
kleroterion (plural kleroteria)
- (history, Athenian democracy) A device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.
Further reading edit
- kleroterion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia