kleroterion

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κληρωτήριον (klērōtḗrion), from κληρόω (klēróō, appoint by lot) + -τήριον (-tḗrion, adjective suffix).

Noun

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kleroterion (plural kleroteria)

  1. (history, Athenian democracy) A device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.

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