κληρόω
klēroō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning to allot
Literal translation to allot
Variants
κληρόω klēroō
Edited by
to allot astrological concept

Πυρόεις ὁ τοῦ] Ἄρεος [ἀ]στὴρ ὁ τ[ὴν ζώνην τοῦ π]όλου κλ[η]ρωθεὶς ψ[

‘Pyroeis] the star of Mars which has been allotted the [belt of the] heavens,’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4283 4-5

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 3rd-4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 432-433

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κληρόω (Lemma #2662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κληρόω (Lemma #2662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). κληρόω (Lemma #2662). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) κληρόω (Lemma #2662), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2662,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {κληρόω ({Lemma} #2662)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2662/},
}