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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

	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

τὰ δέ ἔκγονα, ἃ ἐὰν γεννήσῃσ μετὰ ταῦτα, ἔσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν. κληθήσονται ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐκείνων κλήροισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 48:6)
ἴδετε ὅτι ἐπέρριφα ὑμῖν τὰ ἔθνη τὰ καταλελειμμένα ὑμῖν ταῦτα ἐν τοῖσ κλήροισ εἰσ τὰσ φυλὰσ ὑμῶν. ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου πάντα τά ἔθνη, ἃ ἐξωλόθρευσα, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ θαλάσσησ τῆσ μεγάλησ ὁριεῖ ἐπὶ δυσμὰσ ἡλίου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 23:4)
στάντεσ δ’ ἵν’ αὐτοὺσ οἱ τεταγμένοι βραβῆσ κλήροισ ἔπηλαν καὶ κατέστησαν δίφρουσ, χαλκῆσ ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγοσ ᾖξαν· (Sophocles, episode 6:17)
ὅπωσ δὲ δὴ κατὰ δύναμιν εὐθὺσ γίγνοιντο ὡσ ἄριστοι τὰσ φύσεισ, ἆρ’ οὐ μεμνήμεθα ὡσ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ ἔφαμεν καὶ τὰσ ἀρχούσασ δεῖν εἰσ τὴν τῶν γάμων σύνερξιν λάθρᾳ μηχανᾶσθαι κλήροισ τισὶν ὅπωσ οἱ κακοὶ χωρὶσ οἵ τ’ ἀγαθοὶ ταῖσ ὁμοίαισ ἑκάτεροι συλλήξονται, καὶ μή τισ αὐτοῖσ ἔχθρα διὰ ταῦτα γίγνηται, τύχην ἡγουμένοισ αἰτίαν τῆσ συλλήξεωσ; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 10:2)
οὐ γὰρ ἂν ὀρθὸν ἔχοι λόγον θεοὺσ ἀγνοεῖν τὰ πρέποντα ἑκάστοισ αὑτῶν, οὐδ’ αὖ γιγνώσκοντασ τὸ μᾶλλον ἄλλοισ προσῆκον τοῦτο ἑτέρουσ αὑτοῖσ δι’ ἐρίδων ἐπιχειρεῖν κτᾶσθαι ‐ δίκησ δὴ κλήροισ τὸ φίλον λαγχάνοντεσ κατῴκιζον τὰσ χώρασ, καὶ κατοικίσαντεσ, οἱο͂ν νομῆσ ποίμνια, κτήματα καὶ θρέμματα ἑαυτῶν ἡμᾶσ ἔτρεφον, πλὴν οὐ σώμασι σώματα βιαζόμενοι, καθάπερ ποιμένεσ κτήνη πληγῇ νέμοντεσ, ἀλλ’ ᾗ μάλιστα εὔστροφον ζῷον, ἐκ πρύμνησ ἀπευθύνοντεσ, οἱο͂ν οἰάκι πειθοῖ ψυχῆσ ἐφαπτόμενοι κατὰ τὴν αὐτῶν διάνοιαν, οὕτωσ ἄγοντεσ τὸ θνητὸν πᾶν ἐκυβέρνων. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 21:2)
ὠή, τὸν Λατοῦσ αὐδῶ <σ’>, ὅστ’ ὀμφὰν κληροῖσ πρὸσ χρυσέουσ θάκουσ καὶ γαίασ μεσσήρεισ ἕδρασ, εἰσ οὖσ αὐδὰν καρύξω· (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 2:1)

Synonyms

A lot
- ὀλβιοδαίμων (of blessed lot)
- Λάχεσις (lot, destiny)
- μοῖρα (lot, destiny)
That which is assigned by lot
- λῆξις (a portion assigned by lot, an allotment)
An inheritance
- κληρονόμημα (an inheritance)
- παγκληρία (a complete inheritance)
- ἡμικλήριον (half the inheritance)
- κληρονομία (an inheritance, possession of . .)
- διάλυσις (division of inheritance)

πρόσκλησις (a judicial summons or citation)
νεᾶνις (a young woman)
Γίγας (one of the Gigantes)
ἀνακῶς (carefully)
ἰωά ()
ἀββᾶς (Alternative spelling of ἀββα ‎)
ἀββα (father)
ἑπτάκλινος (with seven couches or beds)
ἀνεψιαδοῦς (a first-cousin's son)
ἱερατεία (the priest's office)
δίγλωσσος (speaking two languages)
τηθίς (a father's or mother's sister)
ἀνάθεμα (anything devoted to evil)
ἐφημερίᾱ (the division of priests for the daily service in a temple)
ὑιδοῦς (a grandson)
ἀρχάγγελος (an archangel)
ἴφιος (stout)
πτερύγιον (the wing)
κράζω (I scream)
σύζυγος (yoked together)
φονεύς (murderer)
κίς (a worm in wood or in corn)
πατράδελφος ()
σκότιος (dark)
βαλλήν (a king)
ἡμικλήριον (half the inheritance)
κλειτός (renowned)
γραμματεύς (secretary)
Χολαργεύς (a man of the deme)
ὑφηνίοχος (the charioteer)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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κλῆρος

Sense

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A lot

That which is assigned by lot

An inheritance

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κλῆρος

Sense

Declension

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A lot

That which is assigned by lot

An inheritance

Related

Similar forms

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