previous next
χειροτον-έω ,
A.stretch out the hand, for the purpose of giving one's vote in the assembly, “περὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν” Plu.Phoc.34; μὴ χ. vote against the motion, Luc.Deor.Conc.9:—but mostly,
II. c. acc. pers., elect, prop. by show of hands, Ar.Ach.598, Av.1571, etc.; “εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν χ. τοὺς ταξιάρχους . ., οὐκ ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον” D.4.26; c. dupl. acc., “στρατηγὸν χ. τινά” X.HG6.2.11, cf. Isoc.8.50:—Pass., to be elected, Ar.Ach.607; ἐπὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐχειροτονήθησαν, ἵνα . . Lys.28.14; “χ. ἔκ τινων” Pl.Lg.763e; χ. ἐπὶ τῆς διοικήσεως 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” Pl.Plt.300a, cf. Aeschin.1.106.
b. later, generally, appoint, Ph.2.112; of the Jewish High Priest, J.AJ13.2.2; τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κεχειροτονημένον βασιλέα 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.).
2. c. acc. rei, vote for a thing, Ar.Ec.297 (lyr.), 797, lsoc.7.84; “γνώμας” D.18.248: c. inf., ὁ δῆμος ἐχειροτόνησεν ἐξεῖναι . . πέμπειν voted to send, Aeschin. 2.13, cf. IG12.57.29, 63.4:—Pass., κεχειροτόνηται ὕβρις τὸ πρᾶγυ᾽ εἶναι it is voted, ruled to be . ., D.21.216.
III. span with the hand, “τὸ αἰδοῖον” Artem.1.78 (ap.Suid.; χειροκοπεῖν codd.).
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.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (26 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (26):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 106
    • Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 24
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 13
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 598
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 607
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1571
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 517
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 7.84
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 797
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 297
    • Demosthenes, Philippic 1, 26
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 248
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 115
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 216
    • Isocrates, On the Peace, 50
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 13.2.2
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 6.13.9
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 7.9.3
    • Lysias, Against Ergocles, 14
    • New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 8.19
    • New Testament, Acts, 14.23
    • Plato, Laws, 763e
    • Plato, Statesman, 300a
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 6.2.11
    • Plutarch, Phocion, 34
    • Lucian, Deorum concilium, 9
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: