χειροτονία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[extension of the hand]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Is.</span>58.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[voting by show of hands]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.49</span>; <b class="b3">χειροτονίαν μνηστεύειν</b> to court or seek [[election]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.15</span>; <b class="b3">χ. τοῦ δήμον</b> [[election]] by the people, <span class="bibl">Din.1.114</span>, <span class="title">S.Pelekides</span> 76 (Thessalonica). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[election]], [[appointment]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.93</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[a vote]], in plural, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>659b</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.3</span>; collectively, [[votes]], οἷς ἂν ἡ πλείστη χ. γίγνηται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>755d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">756b</span>.</span>