ἐκλογή
κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων Pl.R.414a, 536c; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id.Lg.802b; ἐ. [τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] Arist.EN1181a18; τῶν ἐναντίων Id.Metaph.1004a2; ὀνομάτων Phld.Rh.1.162 S., D.H. Comp.1, etc.; ὀνόματος A.D.Synt.71.10; κατ' ἐκλογὴν ἀριστίνδην κεκριμένοι Plb.6.10.9; ἐπὶ ἐγλογῇ γεωργεῖν PTeb.5.166 (ii B.C.). 2 levying of troops, Plb.5.63.11. 3 collection of tribute, etc., κριθῶν Lex Attica ap.Ath.6.235c; χρημάτων D.C.42.6; σίτου Cratesap.Ath. 6.235b. 4 Theol., election,Ep.Rom.9.11, etc.; σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς Act.Ap.9.15. 5 balancing of accounts, PRyl.157.6 (ii A.D.). II extract, quotation from a book, Apollon. Cit.3, Ath.14.663c, Antig. Mir.15. 2 choice collection of passages, such as the Eclogae or 'Elegant Extracts' of Stobaeus: ἐκλογαὶ Ἀρχιγένους select prescriptions of A., Gal.14.343. 3 διὰ τὴν ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων because they were picked men, Plb.1.47.9,cf.Ph.2.362. 4 ἐκλογήν· κάλαθον (Lacon.), Hsch.
