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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: klêrouchos 2: gaia 3: metadêmios 4: naukraros 5: astikos
Latin1: classis 2: agrarius 3: hercisco 4: agripeta 5: alytarcha
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klêrouch-ia, hê, apportionment of land in a foreign country among citizens, hê Samou k. Aristot. Rh. 1384b32, cf. Plb.4.81.2, Diod. 15.23; esp. to soldiers on the active list, PPetr.3p.163 (iii B.C.), PTeb.30.26(ii B.C.); = Lat. colonia, D.H.8.75, Plu.Flam.2.

b. in Roman Egypt, a numbered division of the land, PTeb.343r.au=PTeb. 343r9=lr (ii A.D.), Sammelb.4414.5 (ii A.D.).

2. collect., = hoi klêrouchoi, the body of citizens who receive such allotments, apoikiais kai klêrouchiais IG12.140.9; k. ekpempein Isoc. 4.107(pl.); k. egraphen Plut. Per. 34(pl.).

II. inheritance, LXX Ne.11.20, Ph.2.290(pl.).