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Χειροτονία · vote, show of hands (χ 263) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near χ263

χ259hand-counters, tellers
χ260to handle the genitals, to masturbate
χ261having elected
χ262must be voted upon
χ263vote, show of hands
χ264I elect (by raising a hand)
χ265I get the better of, I master, I subdue
χ266of handiwork
χ267Cheiron, Chiron

Suda/Χ chi/χ263

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Χειροτονία

vote, show of hands

Translated by Jennifer Benedict27 Mar 2008Vetting: high8 revisions

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2 notes · 17 words

Translation

[Meaning] selection, ratification of everyone/everything.¹
"Therefore, since the vote was proclaiming them, they were announced as 'Augustuses'."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χειροτονία· ἐκλογή, πάντων κύρωσις. τῆς οὖν χειροτονίας αὐτοὺς ἀνειπούσης, Σεβαστοὶ ἀνηγορεύθησαν.

Betacode

*xeirotoni/a: e)klogh/, pa/ntwn ku/rwsis. th=s ou)=n xeirotoni/as au)tou\s a)neipou/shs, *sebastoi\ a)nhgoreu/qhsan.

Notes (2)

The headword, cognate with chi 264, literally means "the stretching out of the hand" from xei/r ("hand") and ten-/ton- ("stretch, extend"). As a result of the practice of voting by show of hands, the word came simply to mean a vote. See also Hesyschius s.v.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
2Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci 7.10.5, on Maximus and Balbinus, two of the cast of characters in 238 CE, the Year of the Six Emperors. [Though Adler did not make this specific connnection, she was right to capitalize *sebastoi/, the term referring first to Augustus (Octavian) and later to other deified emperors; see alpha 4413 and kappa 1197. The word when uncapitalized refers to worshippers; see sigma 178.] See on the source-identification Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXI.

Linked from3 entries

χ260Χειροτονεῖν τὸ αἰδοῖονto handle the genitals, to masturbateThat is, to shamefully arouse and ejaculate.
χ261Χειροτονήσαντεςhaving elected[Meaning they] having picked out.
χ264ΧειροτονῶI elect (by raising a hand)[Used] with an accusative.

Neighbouring entries

χ261Χειροτονήσαντεςhaving elected χ262Χειροτονητέονmust be voted upon χ263Χειροτονίαvote, show of hands χ264ΧειροτονῶI elect (by raising a hand)χ265ΧειροῦμαιI get the better of, I master, I subdue

Revision history8 revisions · last 11 Nov 2013

11 Nov 2013 — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2011 — David Whitehead
8 Aug 2011 — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2011 — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2008augmented and modified notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
27 Mar 2008set status — Catharine Roth
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27 Mar 2008Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χειροτονία (Adler number chi 263), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 27 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/263

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗