κλῆρος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κλῆρος
κλήρου
Structure:
κληρ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- A lot
- That which is assigned by lot, an allotment
- An inheritance
- The clergy
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐσπείρατε πυροὺσ καὶ ἀκάνθασ θερίζετε. οἱ κλῆροι αὐτῶν οὐκ ὠφελήσουσιν αὐτούσ. αἰσχύνθητε ἀπὸ καυχήσεωσ ὑμῶν, ἀπὸ ὀνειδισμοῦ ἔναντι Κυρίου. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 12:13)
- Ἄμφω τεθνᾶσιν ἐπὶ μιᾶσ ἡμέρασ, οἱ δὲ κλῆροι ἐσ Εὐνόμιον καὶ Θρασυκλέα περιῆλθον ἄμφω συγγενεῖσ ὄντασ οὐδὲ πώποτε προμαντευομένουσ οὕτω γενέσθαι ταῦτα· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:3)
- ἐσ ταύτην ἐμβάλλονται κλῆροι μικροί, ὅσον δὴ κυαμιαῖοι τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἐπιγεγραμμένοι. (Lucian, 84:3)
- ἐγγράφεται δὲ ἐσ δύο μὲν ἄλφα ἐν ἑκατέρῳ, ἐσ δύο δὲ τὸ βῆτα, καὶ ἐσ ἄλλουσ δύο τὸ γάμμα καὶ ἑξῆσ κατὰ τὰ αὐτά, ἢν πλείουσ οἱ ἀθληταὶ ὦσι, δύο ἀεὶ κλῆροι τὸ αὐτὸ γράμμα ἔχοντεσ. (Lucian, 84:4)
- τοσοῦτοι γάρ ἐγένοντο κλῆροι Σπαρτιατῶν ἔνιοι δέ φασι τὸν μὲν Λυκοῦργον ἑξακισχιλίουσ νεῖμαι, τρισχιλίουσ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα προσθεῖναι Πολύδωρον οἱ δὲ τοὺσ μὲν ἡμίσεισ τῶν ἐνακισχιλίων τοῦτον, τοὺσ δὲ ἡμίσεισ Λυκοῦργον. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 8 3:2)
- ἐν ταῖσ χερσί σου οἱ κλῆροί μου. ρῦσαί με ἐκ χειρὸσ ἐχθρῶν μου καὶ ἐκ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 30:16)
Synonyms
-
A lot
-
That which is assigned by lot
- λῆξις (a portion assigned by lot, an allotment)
-
An inheritance
