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κλῆρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλῆρος κλήρου

Structure: κληρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. A lot
  2. That which is assigned by lot, an allotment
  3. An inheritance
  4. The clergy

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κλῆρος κλήρω κλῆροι
Genitive κλήρου κλήροιν κλήρων
Dative κλήρῳ κλήροιν κλήροις
Accusative κλῆρον κλήρω κλήρους
Vocative κλῆρε κλήρω κλῆροι

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.

Examples

  • φέρε δὲ τὰ μονοειδῆ καὶ ἁπλᾶ ἐπιγράψωμεν ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε εἰκάσαντεσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐπὶ δυοῖν κλήροιν, δύο ἵππουσ ἐπὶ δυοῖν καὶ ἀλεκτρυόνασ δύο καὶ κύνασ δύο, τῷ δὲ ἐνάτῳ λέων ἔστω τοὐπίσημον. (Lucian, 92:4)

Synonyms

  1. A lot

  2. That which is assigned by lot

  3. An inheritance

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