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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[stretch out the hand]], for the purpose of giving one's [[vote]] in the [[assembly]], περὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Plu.''Phoc.''34; <b class="b3">μὴ χ.</b> [[vote]] against the motion, Luc.''Deor.Conc.''9:—but mostly,<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. pers., [[elect]], prop. [[by show of hands]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''598, ''Av.''1571, etc.; εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χειροτονεῖτε τοὺς ταξιάρχους καὶ τοὺς φυλάρχους, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον, you [[elect]] [[taxiarch]]s and [[phylarch]]s for the [[marketplace]] not for [[war]] D.4.26; c. dupl. acc., στρατηγὸν χ. τινά X.''HG''6.2.11, cf. Isoc.8.50:—Pass., to [[be elected]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''607; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦτ' ἐχειροτονήθησαν, ἵνα</b>.. Lys.28.14; χ. ἔκ τινων Pl.''Lg.''763e; <b class="b3">χ. ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως</b> Decr. ap. D.18.115: c. acc. cogn., χ. τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ θεωρικῷ Aeschin.3.24, cf. Ar.''Ec.'' 517 (anap.); χειροτονηθεὶς ἢ λαχών [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 300a, cf. Aeschin.1.106.<br><span class="bld">b</span> later, generally, [[appoint]], Ph.2.112; of the Jewish High Priest, J.''AJ''13.2.2; <b class="b3">τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κεχειροτονημένον βασιλέα</b> ib.6.13.9, cf. 7.9.3; [[appoint to an office]] in the Church, πρεσβυτέρους ''Act.Ap.''14.23, cf. ''2 Ep.Cor.''8.19 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[vote for]] a thing, Ar.''Ec.''297 (lyr.), 797, lsoc.7.84; γνώμας D.18.248: c. inf., <b class="b3">ὁ δῆμος ἐχειροτόνησεν ἐξεῖναι.. πέμπειν</b> [[vote]]d to send, Aeschin. 2.13, cf. ''IG''12.57.29, 63.4:—Pass., <b class="b3">κεχειροτόνηται ὕβρις τὸ πρᾶγυ' εἶναι</b> it is [[vote]]d, [[rule]]d to be... D.21.216.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[span with the hand]], τὸ αἰδοῖον Artem.1.78 (ap.Suid.; [[χειροκοπεῖν]] codd.).