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ἔκ-κλητος

ekkletos

selected to judge

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ἔκ-κλητος · ek-klētos — LSJ

selected to judge, arbitrate, umpire, for appeals

selected to judge or arbitrate on a point, ἐ. πόλις an umpire city, Aeschin. 1.89, IG 2(2).111.49, al., cf. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.215c; ἐν ἐκκλήτῳ δικάσασθαι Michel 1335.30; δίκην ὠφληκὼς ἐν τῇ ἐ. IG 12(7).67.63 (Amorgos); χρόνος ἔ. time-limit for appeals, PRev.Laws 21.15 (iii B.C.).

2 a committee of citizens chosen to report

οἱ ἔκκλητοι, in Sparta and elsewhere, a committee of citizens chosen to report on certain questions, X. HG 2.4.38; ἔ. Ἀργείων ὄχλος E. Or. 612, cf. 949.

3 subject to appeal, appellate

subject to appeal, δίκας IG 2(2).111.74, D.C. 52.22; κρίσις PHal. 1.68 (iii B.C.); τὰς ἐκκλήτους [δίκας]..ἐφʼ αὑτὸν ποιούμενος, prob. for ἐγκ-, Arist. Oec. 1348b14; ἔκκλητον δικάζειν exercise appellate jurisdiction, D.C. 51.19.

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