elected by show of hands, elective
elected by show of hands, Aeschin. 3.25, Arist. Ath. 54.3; ἀρχὴ χ. an elective magistracy, opp. κληρωτή, Aeschin. 1.19,113, 3.14, Arist. Rh. Al. 1424a14.
The corpus record
χειροτον-ητός
cheirotonetos
elected by show of hands
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Where it lives
- Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- χειροτονητός · cheirotonētos Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..54 (DIORISIS sentence 642)
- χειροτονητοὶ · cheirotonētoi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..55 (DIORISIS sentence 657)
Where it came from
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