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|Definition=(A), Dor. [[κλᾶρος]] Pi. (v. infr.), ''Leg.Gort.''5.27, etc., ου, ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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. ''SIG''1023.94 (Cos); κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι Od.9.331; κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι Il.24.400, cf. 23.862, A.''Pers.''187, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.83, etc.; <b class="b3">πάντας ἀνέφεδρος ἐπαγκρατίασε τοὺς κ.</b>, i.e. he never drew a bye, ''SIG''1073.29 (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.''Pax''365; κ. Ἑρμοῦ E. ''Fr.''39.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[casting of lots]], [[drawing of lots]], κ. τίθεσθαι Id.''IA''1198, cf. ''Tr.''186 (lyr.); δοκεῖ δίκαιον εἶναι πᾶσι τῶν ἀρχῶν μετεῖναι ἐν τῷ κ. X. ''Ath.''1.2, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1300a19, ''IG''5(1).1390.116 (Andania, i B.C.); = Lat. [[sortitio provinciarum]], Plu.''Aem.''10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">λαβὼν πίστιν… κλήρου</b> dub. sens. in ''OGI''494.19 (i or ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> that which is [[assign]]ed by [[lot]], [[allotment]] of [[land]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.109, Th.3.50, Pl.''Lg.''740b, Arist.''Pol.'' 1265b15, al.; λαβεῖν τᾶς χώρας ἐξαίρετον τὸν πρῶτον κλᾶρον ''SIG''141.6 (Corc.Nigr., iv B.C.); κ. ἱππικός ''OGI''229.102 (Smyrna, iii B.C.); περὶ τοῦ λάχους τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ κλάρων ''Schwyzer'' 289.88 (Priene, ii B.C.), cf. 313.4, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> 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; <b class="b3">οἱ κ. τῶν Συρίων</b> their [[lands]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.76, cf. 9.94, Call.''Del.''281, etc.; <b class="b3">Κύπρου Πάφου τ' ἔχουσα… κλῆρον</b>, 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. ''SIG''169.61 (Iasus, iv B.C.); Πισαίοις ἐνὶ κλήροισι Nic.''Fr.''74.5. b. pl., [[title-deeds]], PGrenf.1.14.11 (ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[legacy]], [[inheritance]], [[heritable estate]], Is.11.9, Pl.''Lg.''923d, Arist.''Ath.''9.2, ''SIG''1186 (iv B.C.), ''IG''22.1368.127, 154. b. collect., [[body of inheritors]], Leg.Gort.l.c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Astrol., certain [[degree]]s in the [[zodiac]] connected with [[planet]]s 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.<br><span class="bld">5</span> generally, [[province]], [[sphere]], ἕνα θεὸν πολλῶν ἅμα προεστάναι κλήρων Dam.''Pr.''369.<br><span class="bld">III</span> 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.<br /><br />(B), ου, ὁ, a [[beetle]] [[destructive]] in [[beehive]]s, [[Clerus apiarius]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''605b11, 626b17.