kleroterion

English

Alternative forms

• cleroterion, cleroterium

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κληρωτήριον (klērōtḗrion), from κληρόω (klēróō, “appoint by lot”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion, adjective suffix).

Noun

kleroterion (plural kleroteria)

1. (history, Athenian democracy) A device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.

Further reading

• kleroterion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia