πάλος

A. πάλλω 1.3) lot cast from a shaken helmet, A. Th. 458.

2. Lyr., Ion., and Trag. generally, = κλῆρος, lot, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχόην Sapph. 9, cf. A. Th. 376; πάλῳ λαχεῖν ib. 126, Hdt. 4.94, 153, Aen.Tact. 20.2; πάλῳ ἀρχὰς ἄρχειν Hdt. 3.80; πάλου κύρσαι A. Pers. 779; τύχης π. Id. Ag. 333; οὓς ἐκλήρωσεν π. E. Ion 416, cf. S. Ant. 275, dub. in E. IA 1151.

3. ballot, vote, A. Eu. 742, 753.