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λαγορεῖς
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λαγύνιον
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λαγυνίων
λαγυνοθήκη
λάγυνος
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λαγχάνω
λαγωβολεῖον
λαγωβολία
λαγώβολον
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λαγχάνω
λαγχάνω, fut.
A). λήξομαι Pl. R. 617e ; Ion. λάξομαι (cf. λάξις) Hdt. 7.144 : aor. ἔλᾰχον Il. 9.367 , etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον h.Cer. 87 , v.l. for ἔλλαβεν in Theoc. 25.271 ; Ep. λάχον Il. 4.49 , al.; Aeol. opt. 1 sg. λαχόην Sapph. 9 ( λαχοίην A.D. Synt. 247.25 ); for λέλᾰχον v. infr. IV: pf. εἴληχα A. Th. 376 , 423 , etc.: plpf. εἰλήχει Pl. Phd. 107d ; poet. and Ion. λέλογχα Pi. O. 1.53 , B. 9.39 , Emp. 20.3 , E. Tr. 282 (lyr.), Hdt. 7.53 , Test. ap. D. 21.82 , D.H. 4.83 , etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3 pl. λελογχᾰσι (ν) Od. 11.304 , Emp. 102 , but λελᾰ/χᾱσι Id. 115.5 ; part. λελαχώς Phld. D. 1.17 ; Dor. 3 sg. λελόγχει Theoc. 4.40 : plpf. ἐλελόγχει Luc. Am. 18 :— Pass., aor. ἐλήχθην Lys. 17.8 , Is. 9.24 , D. 38.20 : pf. εἴληγμαι E. Tr. 296 , D. 30.34 ; 3 pl. λελάχαται Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19 :
I). c. acc. rei, obtain by lot, of spoils, opp. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, Od. 14.233 , cf. Il. 9.367 , etc.: generally, obtain as one's portion, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς 4.49 ; λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν 18.327 ; πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον Pi. N. 9.45 ; μέζονας μοίρας λ. Heraclit. 25 ; μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον Od. 20.282 , cf. Hdt. 7.144 : with inf. added, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν I had the sea for my portion to dwell in, Il. 15.190 , cf. Pi. O. 6.34 , A. Eu. 931 (anap.); ἔλαχ’ ἄναξ δούλην σ’ ἔχειν E. Tr. 278 , cf. 282 (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ .. λάχε γεινόμενόν περ Il. 23.79 ; τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει Theoc. 4.40 ; δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς Lys. 2.78 ; ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με .. εἴληχας Alciphr. 3.49 : also, esp. in pf., to be the tutelary deity of a place, protect it.[ Πὰν] πάντα λόφον .. λέλογχε h.Hom. 19.6 ; θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι Hdt. 7.53 ; παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας Pi. N. 11.1 ; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε Pl. Ti. 23d , cf. E. Or. 319 (lyr.), Ph. 1576 (lyr.): metaph., ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος Pi. O. 1.53 : freq. of persons who have a post assigned to them by lot, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι Il. 7.171 , cf. 179 , 23.354 , 862 : c. inf., κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ’ ἕπεσθαι 24.400 ; so πάλῳ λαχεῖν A. Th. 55 , Hdt. 4.94 , cf. 3.128 ; ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον A. Th. 376 : abs., πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Δύκιοι had their post assigned near Thymbra, Il. 10.430 ; ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ., A. Th. 423 , 451 , etc.; λαχών alone, Hdt. 3.128 , etc.; λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον have him assigned to one by lot, Antipho 6.11 .
2). at Athens, obtain an office by lot, ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν, opp. χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), D. 57.25 , cf. Ar. Av. 1111 ; οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς Aeschin. 1.106 : more freq. c. inf., ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, Hdt. 6.109 ; ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι Th. 5.21 , cf. 35 ; λαχὼν .. ἱερομνημονεῖν Ar. Nu. 623 ; λαχόντος βουλεύειν when I became Member of Council by lot, D. 21.111 , cf. 59.3 , Pl. Grg. 473e : c. gen., λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων to be chosen by lot as one of .. , D. 21.133 ; also οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες IG 12.91.21 ; λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς, etc., Lys. 6.4 , Din. 2.10 , D. 57.47 , etc.; ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών Ar. Av. 1022 ; οἱ πεντακόσιοι <οἱ> λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ Lexap. And. 1.96 : abs., κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας those on whom the lot fell, Th. 3.50 , cf. Pl. Lg. 765c ; τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους SIG 465.6 (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, λαχὼν ἱερεύς ib. 762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc.
3). as Att. law-term, λαγχάνειν δίκην obtain leave to bring a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; λ. δίκην τινί against one, Pl. Euthphr. 5b , Lg. 938b , cf. Aeschin. 2.99 ; ἔγκλημά τινι D. 34.16 ; τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην the person suing for the inheritance, Is. 8.3 : without τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου he has claimed Euctemon's daughter .. , Id. 6.46 , cf. D. 48.20 ; λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου Lys. 17.3 ; λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ D. 21.120 ; also λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου prosecute the claim on his son's behalf, And. 1.121 , cf. 124 ; λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος D. 59.98 , cf. Isoc. 16.2 : abs., λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα Is. 11.33 : metaph., τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος Democr. 159 :— Pass., πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν Lys. 17.8 ; πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι D. 54.28 : impers., τούτοις λαγχάνεται proceedings are taken, Id. 23.76 .
II). c. gen. partit., become possessed of a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ Il. 24.76 ; ἔλαχον κτερέων Od. 5.311 , cf. Thgn. 934 , Pi. I. 8(7).69 , Fr. 75.6 , B. 1.56 , 9.39 , Lyr.Adesp. 53 , Emp. 102 , 115.5 , Democr. 21 ; εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα A. Ag. 380 (lyr.); χρυσῆς .. τιμῆς λαχεῖν S. Ant. 699 ; οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου Id. OC 450 ; γέννας ἀφθίτου λαχόντες Id. Fr. 278 ; διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες E. Supp. 1086 ; πατρῴων οὐ λαχών not having obtained thy patrimony, Id. Tr. 1192 ; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς Th. 2.44 ; δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν X. Hier. 6.9 ; also χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον S. OC 790 ; γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα Id. Ant. 918 ; τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος Id. El. 1135 ; τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς Id. Fr. 24.8 .
III). abs., draw lots, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη Isoc. 7.23 , cf. D.S. 4.63 , etc.; περί τινος D. 21 Arg. 2 <*><*> 3 , 4 , Ev.Jo. 19.24 .
IV). causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. λέλᾰχον, put in possession of a thing, grant one the rights of .. , ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες .. λελάχωσι θανόντα Il. 7.80 , cf. 15.350 , 23.76 : later this aor. is used intr. in AP 7.341 ( Procl.).
V). intr., fall to one's lot or share, ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες nine goats were allotted to each, Od. 9.160 ; αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν E. Hel. 214 (lyr.); ὅσοις .. τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν Id. Hipp. 80 ; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ Pl. Lg. 745e , cf. Epin. 992d ; τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι Str. 9.5.23 .


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to obtain by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λαγχάνω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">λήξομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 617e </a> ; Ion. <span class="foreign greek">λάξομαι</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">λάξις</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.144 </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔλᾰχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.367/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.367 </a> , etc.; Ep. <span class="quote greek">ἔλλαχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 87 </a> , v.l. for <span class="ref greek">ἔλλαβεν</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25:271" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25.271/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 25.271 </a>; Ep. <span class="quote greek">λάχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.49 </a> , al.; Aeol. opt. 1 sg. <span class="quote greek">λαχόην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 9 </span> ( <span class="quote greek">λαχοίην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:247:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:247.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 247.25 </a> ); for <span class="foreign greek">λέλᾰχον</span> v. infr. IV: pf. <span class="quote greek">εἴληχα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 376 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> 423 </a>, etc.: plpf. <span class="quote greek">εἰλήχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:107d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:107d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 107d </a> ; poet. and Ion. <span class="quote greek">λέλογχα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.53 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 9.39 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:20:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:20.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 20.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 282 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.53 </a>, Test. ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.82 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:4:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:4.83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 4.83 </a>, etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3 pl. <span class="foreign greek">λελογχᾰσι </span>(<span class="etym greek">ν</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.304/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.304 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 102 </a>, but <span class="quote greek">λελᾰ/χᾱσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 115.5 </a> ; part. <span class="quote greek">λελαχώς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 1.17 </span> ; Dor. 3 sg. <span class="quote greek">λελόγχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 4.40 </a> : plpf. <span class="quote greek">ἐλελόγχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg002:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Am.</span> 18 </a> :— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐλήχθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 17.8 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg009.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg009.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 9.24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg038.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg038.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 38.20 </a>: pf. <span class="quote greek">εἴληγμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:296" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:296/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 296 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg030.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg030.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 30.34 </a>; 3 pl. <span class="quote greek">λελάχαται</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Perict.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.28.19 </span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obtain by lot</span>, of spoils, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐξαιρεῖσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.233/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.233 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.367/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.367 </a>, etc.: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obtain as one\'s portion</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.49/canonical-url/"> 4.49 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:327" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.327/canonical-url/"> 18.327 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 9.45 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέζονας μοίρας λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 25 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.282/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 20.282 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.144 </a>: with inf. added, <span class="foreign greek">ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν</span> I <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">had</span> the sea <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for my portion</span> to dwell in, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:190" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.190/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.190 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 6.34 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:931" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:931/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 931 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ἔλαχ’ ἄναξ δούλην σ’ ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 278 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:282" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:282/canonical-url/"> 282 </a> (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one\'s life, <span class="quote greek">ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ .. λάχε γεινόμενόν περ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.79 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 4.40 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 2.78 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με .. εἴληχας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.49 </a> : also, esp. in pf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be the tutelary deity of</span> a place, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">protect</span> it.[ <span class="quote greek">Πὰν] πάντα λόφον .. λέλογχε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg019.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg019.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 19.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.53 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:11.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 11.1 </a> ; of Athena, <span class="quote greek">ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:23d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:23d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 23d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:319" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:319/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 319 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1576" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1576/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1576 </a> (lyr.): metaph., <span class="quote greek">ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.53 </a> : freq. of persons <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">who have a post assigned to them by lot</span>, <span class="quote greek">κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.171 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:179/canonical-url/"> 179 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:354" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.354/canonical-url/"> 23.354 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:862" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:862/canonical-url/"> 862 </a>: c. inf., <span class="quote greek">κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ’ ἕπεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.400/canonical-url/"> 24.400 </a> ; so <span class="quote greek">πάλῳ λαχεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 55 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.94 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.128/canonical-url/"> 3.128 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 376 </a> : abs., <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Δύκιοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">had their post assigned</span> near Thymbra, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:430" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.430/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.430 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 423 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:451" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:451/canonical-url/"> 451 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λαχών</span> alone, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.128 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have him assigned to one by lot</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg006.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 6.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> at Athens, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obtain</span> an office <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by lot</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">χειροτονηθῆναι</span> (to be elected), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 57.25 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1111 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.106 </a> : more freq. c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">he who had the lot</span> to be polemarch, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.109 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.21 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> 35 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λαχὼν .. ἱερομνημονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:623" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:623/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 623 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λαχόντος βουλεύειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">when I became</span> Member of Council <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by lot</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.111 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 59.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:473e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:473e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 473e </a>: c. gen., <span class="foreign greek">λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be chosen by lot</span> as one of .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:133/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.133 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.91.21 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 6.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 2.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg057.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 57.47 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1022" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1022/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1022 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ πεντακόσιοι &lt;οἱ&gt; λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ</span> Lexap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.96 </a>: abs., <span class="foreign greek">κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">those on whom the lot fell</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.50 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:765c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:765c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 765c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 465.6 </span> (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, <span class="foreign greek">λαχὼν ἱερεύς</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 762.12 </span> (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> as Att. law-term, <span class="foreign greek">λαγχάνειν δίκην</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obtain leave to bring</span> a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; <span class="foreign greek">λ. δίκην τινί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">against</span> one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthphr.</span> 5b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:938b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:938b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 938b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.99 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔγκλημά τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 34.16 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην</span> the person <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suing</span> for the inheritance, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 8.3 </a>: without <span class="foreign greek">τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου</span> he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">has claimed</span> Euctemon\'s daughter .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg006.perseus-grc1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg006.perseus-grc1:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.46 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg048.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 48.20 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 17.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.120 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prosecute the claim</span> on his son\'s behalf, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.121 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> 124 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 59.98 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 16.2 </a>: abs., <span class="quote greek">λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0011:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0011:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 11.33 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 159 </a> :— Pass., <span class="quote greek">πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 17.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg054.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 54.28 </a> : impers., <span class="foreign greek">τούτοις λαγχάνεται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proceedings are taken</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 23.76 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. gen. partit., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">become possessed of</span> a thing, <span class="quote greek">ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.76 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔλαχον κτερέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:311" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.311/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.311 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 934 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 8(7).69 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:75.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 75.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 1.56 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9.39/canonical-url/"> 9.39 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyr.Adesp.</span> 53 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 102 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115.5/canonical-url/"> 115.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:380" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:380/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 380 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">χρυσῆς .. τιμῆς λαχεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 699 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:450/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 450 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γέννας</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀφθίτου λαχόντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 278 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1086" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1086/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1086 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πατρῴων οὐ λαχών</span> not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having obtained</span> thy patrimony, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1192 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.44 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:6.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 6.9 </a> ; also <span class="quote greek">χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:790" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:790/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 790 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:918" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:918/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 918 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1135 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:24:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:24.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 24.8 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">draw lots</span>, <span class="quote greek">κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 7.23 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.63 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">περί τινος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21 </span> Arg.<span class="bibl"> 2 </span>&lt;*&gt;&lt;*&gt; <span class="bibl"> 3 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 4 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:19:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:19.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Jo.</span> 19.24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. <span class="foreign greek">λέλᾰχον</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">put in possession of</span> a thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grant</span> one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the rights of</span> .. , <span class="quote greek">ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες .. λελάχωσι θανόντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.80 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.350/canonical-url/"> 15.350 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.76/canonical-url/"> 23.76 </a>: later this aor. is used intr. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.341 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procl.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fall to one\'s lot</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">share</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες</span> nine goats <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">were allotted</span> to each, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.160 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 214 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὅσοις .. τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 80 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:745e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:745e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 745e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:992d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:992d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epin.</span> 992d </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:5:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:5:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.5.23 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}