Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device used insortition .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Related to the Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klēros, "lot”, “chance"). This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word kleroterion.
Examples
-
It was called the kleroterion, and it worked something like a bingo-ball selector.
-
The technology has been updated: the kleroterion is a team led by Stanford professor James Fishkin.
-
It was called the kleroterion, and it worked something like a bingo-ball selector.
-
The technology has been updated: the kleroterion is a team led by Stanford professor James Fishkin.
-
kleroterion, which makes all its budget decisions.
-
kleroterion, which makes all its budget decisions.
adoarns commented on the word kleroterion
A simple lottery device used by Athenians during the period of their democracy to randomly choose citizens for public posts. It consisted of a flat surface incised with many slots into which the citizens' tokens would be placed, as well as a tube that was to be filled with different-colored balls that were cranked out, the color of which determining which rows of slots would be chosen. Quod vide.
February 7, 2008