χειροτον-ία, ἡ,
extension of the hand, [[ LXX.Isa.58.9. ] LXX]
__II voting by show of hands, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειροτονίαν μνηστεύειν to court or seek election, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τοῦ δήμον election by the people, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.114, “S.Pelekides” 76 (from Thessalonica). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, election, appointment, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.93, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 a vote, in plural, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659b, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; collectively, votes, οἷς ἂν ἡ πλείστη χ. γίγνηται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 755d, compare 756b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]