A.apportionment of land in a foreign country among citizens, “ἡ Σάμου κ.” Arist.Rh.1384b32, cf. Plb.4.81.2, D.S.15.23; esp. to soldiers on the active list, PPetr.3p.163 (iii B.C.), PTeb.30.26(ii B.C.); = Lat. colonia, D.H.8.75, Plu.Flam.2.
b. in Roman Egypt, a numbered division of the land, PTeb.343r.9 (ii A.D.), Sammelb.4414.5 (ii A.D.).
2. collect., = οἱ κληροῦχοι, the body of citizens who receive such allotments, “ἀποικίαις καὶ κληρουχίαις” IG12.140.9; “κ. ἐκπέμπειν” Isoc.4.107(pl.); “κ. ἔγραφεν” Plu.Per.34(pl.).
II. inheritance, LXX Ne.11.20, Ph.2.290(pl.).
