κλῆρος

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(A), Dor. κλᾶρος Pi. (v. infr.), Leg.Gort.5.27, etc., ου, ὁ:—

   A lot, κλῆρον ἐσημήναντο ἕκαστος, ἐν δ' ἔβαλον κυνέῃ Il.7.175; κλήρους ἐν κυνέῃ χαλκήρεϊ πάλλον 3.316, cf. Od.10.206; ἐκ κλῆρος ὄρουσεν Il.3.325; ἐκ δ' ἔθορε κλῆρος κυνέης 7.182; ἐν δὲ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο 23.352; ἐπὶ κλήρους ἐβάλοντο Od.14.209, cf. SIG1023.94 (Cos); κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι Od.9.331; κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' 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, SIG1073.29 (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 οἶδ' ὅτι Ar.Pax365; κ. Ἑρμοῦ E. Fr.39.    2 casting of lots, drawing of lots, κ. τίθεσθαι Id.IA1198, cf. Tr.186 (lyr.); δοκεῖ δίκαιον εἶναι πᾶσι τῶν ἀρχῶν μετεῖναι ἐν τῷ κ. X. Ath.1.2, cf. Arist.Pol.1300a19, IG5(1).1390.116 (Andania, i B.C.); = Lat. sortitio provinciarum, Plu.Aem.10.    3 λαβὼν πίστιν . . κλήρου dub. sens. in OGI494.19 (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 SIG141.6 (Corc.Nigr., iv B.C.); κ. ἱππικός OGI229.102 (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 τ' 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. SIG169.61 (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, SIG1186 (iv B.C.), IG22.1368.127, 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.
κλῆρος (B), ου, ὁ,

   A a beetle destructive in bee-hives, Clerus apiarius, Arist.HA605b11, 626b17.