χειροτον-ία,ἡ,
A. extension of the hand,
LXX Is. 58.9 .
II. voting by show of hands,
Th. 3.49 ;χειροτονίαν μνηστεύεινto court or seekelection,
Isoc. 8.15 ;χ. τοῦ δήμον electionby the people, Din. 1.114 , S.Pelekides 76 (Thessalonica).
2. generally,election, appointment,
Ph. 2.93 , etc.
3. a vote,in pl., Pl. Lg. 659b , Aeschin. 3.3 ; collectively,votes,
οἷς ἂν ἡ πλείστη χ. γίγνηται
Pl. Lg. 755d
, cf. 756b .