πάλος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ὁ, (

   A πάλλω 1.3) lot cast from a shaken helmet, A.Th. 458.    2 Lyr., Ion., and Trag. generally, = κλῆρος, lot, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχόην Sapph.9, cf. A.Th.376; πάλῳ λαχεῖν ib. 126, Hdt.4.94, 153, Aen.Tact.20.2; πάλῳ ἀρχὰς ἄρχειν Hdt.3.80; πάλου κύρσαι A. Pers.779; τύχης π. Id.Ag.333; οὓς ἐκλήρωσεν π. E.Ion416, cf. S. Ant.275, dub. in E.IA1151.    3 ballot, vote, A.Eu.742, 753.