From the same language that brought you "spendo^" (to pour a libation) and "e^the^somai" (to be sent to consult an oracle), the Greek word of the day is "palos": the lot cast from a shaken helmet.
(I'm using
Perseus' notation here: "e^" signifies "eta" (while "e" signifies "epsilon"), and "o^" signifies "omega" (while "o" signifies "omicron").)