κληρουχία

κληρουχ-ία, ἡ,

• apportionment of land in a foreign country among citizens, ἡ Σάμου κ. Arist. Rh. 1384b32, cf. Plb. 4.81.2, D.S. 15.23; esp. to soldiers on the active list, PPetr. 3 p.163 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 30.26 (ii B.C.); = Lat. colonia, D.H. 8.75, Plu. Flam. 2.
• • • • b in Roman Egypt, a numbered division of the land, PTeb. 343r. 9 (ii A.D.), Sammelb. 4414.5 (ii A.D.).
    • 2 collect., = οἱ κληροῦχοι, the body of citizens who receive such allotments, ἀποικίαις καὶ κληρουχίαις IG 1(2).140.9; κ. ἐκπέμπειν Isoc. 4.107 (pl.); κ. ἔγραφεν Plu. Per. 34 (pl.).
  • II inheritance, LXX Ne. 11.20, Ph. 2.290 (pl.).

κληρουχία, ἡ, das Einnehmen u. Besitzen des durchs Los zugeteilten Landes, Besitznahme durch eine Colonie (vgl. κληρουχέω); Arist. rhet. 2.6 ; Pol. 4.81.2 u. a.Sp. – Auch die Colonie selbst, τὰς κληρουχίας, ἃς εἰς τὰς ἐρημουμένας τῶν πόλεων ἐξεπέμπομεν Isocr. 4.107 ; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν κληρουχιῶν, die Einwohner der Colonien, Plut. Flamin. 2 ; κληρουχίας ἀναγράφειν Pericl. 34. – Vgl. Böckhs Staatshaush. I.456 ff.

κληρουχία, ἡ, from κληροῦχος

• • • 1the allotment of land to citizens in a foreign country, Arist.
    • 2collectively, = οἱ κληροῦχοι, the body of citizens who receive such allotments, Thuc., Plut.—An Athenian κληρουχία differed from a colony (ἀποικία) , in that the κληροῦχοι were still citizens of the mother country, instead of forming an independent state.