διακληροῦσθαι

From LSJ

Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also διακληρόω): cast lots, draw lots

Lexicon Thucydideum

sorte inter se partiri, sortiri, to divide among themselves by lot, determine by lot, 8.30.1.