[B-Greek] KLHRONOMIA

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 17 06:24:12 EDT 2004


At 8:25 PM -0500 5/16/04, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
>Dear list,
>
>The word KLHRONOMIA means "inheritance" or "possession." Does anyone
>know if its derivation involves a combination of roots like KLHROS,
>"lot," and VOMOS, "law"? The idea would be the lot that one had by
>law. For example, the first son received a double portion of the
>inheritance by law at one point.

I assume you mean "NOMOS" when you write "VOMOS." LSJ derives it from
KLHROS and NEMOMAI, which latter element has several senses including
allot/distribute, acquire by allotment, etc. You might want to check it out
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Carl W. Conrad
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