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ἀπο-χειροτονέω ,
A.vote by show of hands away from; and so,
I. vote a charge away from one, acquit him, “τινός” D.21.214.
II. reject as unfit, “ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἐφήβων ἐπιμελείας” Din.3.15, cf. Arist. Ath.49.1; “αὑτὸν ἀ. τῆς ἀρχῆς” Plu.Nic.8: metaph., ἀ.τῆς ἡδονῆς τὸν ἄνδρα you vote his poetry devoid of sweetness, Max.Tyr.23.5.
2. supersede, depose, “τὸν στρατηγόν” D.23.168, cf.Arist.Ath.61.2:—Pass., D.49.9, Hp.Ep.10.
3. abrogate, annul, “τὰς συνθήκας” D.23.172:— Pass., of laws, Id.24.21; of a peace, to be rejected, “ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ” Ar.Pax668.
III. ἀ. μὴ φίλι᾽ εἶναι . . vote that a thing is not . ., D.24.12; “μὴ μισθοῦν τοὺς οἴκους” Is.6.37; ἀ. τῶν δικαστῶν ἁς οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς προσῆκεν ib.45.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aristophanes, Peace, 668
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