κλήρουχ-ος,ὁ, (κλῆρος, ἔχω)
A. one who held an allotment of land, esp.an allotment in a foreign country assigned him as a citizen, Hdt. 5.77 , Th. 3.50 , Aeschin. 1.53 , IG 12.60.10 , 22.114.9 ; esp. in Ptolemaic Egypt,holder of land by military tenure,
PCair.Zen. 3.6 , 326.37 , al.(iii B.C.), PSI 4.344.7
(iii B.C.), PPetr. 2p.4
(iii B.C.), etc.: metaph.,μητέρα πολλῶν ἐτῶν κληροῦχον havingold agefor her lot, S. Aj. 508 ; Ἑρμῆ . . Φιλιππίδου κληροῦχε
Alex. 89
.
2. one who distributed allotmentsto citizens, Harp. , Phot. ; ὁ κ. θεός
Ph. 2.121
.
3. holder of an inheritance, Id. 2.290 , al.
4. in Roman Egypt,land-owner, landlord,
PFay. 82.19
(ii A.D.), Sammelb. 7193r