The corpus record

διαχειροτον-έω

diacheirotoneo

choose between two

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Where it lives

Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

διαχειροτον-έω · diacheiroton-eō — LSJ

choose between two, by show of hands, to be selected

choose between two persons or proposals by show of hands, εἴτε . . ἤ, εἴτε . . εἴτε, IG 1(2).57,98, cf. D. 47.43, etc.:—Pass., X. HG 1.7.34; to be selected, Pl. Lg. 755d.

2 vote on

vote on a personʼs case, δ. τινὰ πότερον ἐπιτήδειός ἐστιν ἢ οὔ Arist. Ath. 49.2.

In the wild

διαχειροτονοῦσιν · diacheirotonousin Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..49 (DIORISIS sentence 583)
διαχειροτονούμενος · diacheirotonoumenos Plato, Laws 755
διαχειροτονηθέντων · diacheirotonēthentōn Plato, Laws 763
διαχειροτονουμένων · diacheirotonoumenōn Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.34 (DIORISIS sentence 370)

Where it came from

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