κλῆρος A),
Doric dialect κλᾶρος [
Refs 5th c.BC+], ου, ὁ:—
lot, κλῆρον ἐσημήναντο ἕκαστος, ἐν δ᾽ ἔβαλον κυνέῃ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντας ἀνέφεδρος ἐπαγκρατίασε τοὺς κ, i.e. he never drew a bye, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κλήρου κατὰ μοῖραν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλάροισι θεοπροπέων divining
by lots, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
A.2)
casting of lots, drawing of lots, κ. τίθεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin
sortitio provinciarum, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
A.3) λαβὼν πίστιν. κλήρου uncertain meaning in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
A.II)
that which is assigned by lot, allotment of land, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἱππικός [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; περὶ τοῦ λάχους τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ κλάρων [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
A.II.2) generally,
piece of land, farm, estate, οἶκος καὶ κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ κ. τῶν Συρίων their
lands, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κύπρου Πάφου τ᾽ ἔχουσα. κλῆρον, of Aphrodite, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πισαίοις ἐνὶ κλήροισι [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]. b.
plural,
title-deeds, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
A.II.3)
legacy, inheritance, heritable estate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. b.
collective,
body of inheritors, [
Refs]
A.II.4) Astrology texts, certain
degrees in the zodiac connected with planets and important in a nativity, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
A.II.5) generally,
province, sphere, ἕνα θεὸν πολλῶν ἅμα προεστάναι κλήρων [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
A.III) of the Levites, Κύριος αὐτὸς κλῆρος αὐτοῦ [
LXX]: hence, of the Christian
clergy, ἐν κλήρῳ καταλεγόμενος [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]