καταχειροτονέω

A. vote by show of hands against, vote in condemnation of or so as to commit for trial, τινος D. 21.2, Din. 2.20, etc.: c.inf., ἀδικεῖν Εὐάνδρου κατεχειροτόνησεν ὁ δῆμος D. 21.175, cf. 51.8; κατασειροτονηθὲν αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀσεβεῖν a vote of condemnation having been passed against him, and that for sacrilege, Id. 21.199; κ. θάνατόν τινος vote the death-penalty against him, Lys. 29.2, D. 19.31, Pl. Ax. 368e; καταχειροτονίαν κ. τινός Aeschin. 3.52:—Pass., to be condemned, πανδήμῳ φωνῇ D.S. 18.67, cf. Plu. Tim. 23.