λῆξις
λῆξις (A),
εως,
ἡ, Ion.
λάξις (q.v.),(
λαγχάνω)
A). determination or
appointment by lot,
ἀρχῆς Pl. Lg. 765d .
c). pl.,
fortunes,
αἱ διάφοροι τῆς ἀνθρωπείας ψυχῆς λήξεις Simp. in de An. 4.6 .
II). as law-term,
λ. δίκης or
λ. alone,
written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step in private actions, nearly, =
ἔγκλημα ,
Pl. R. 425d ,
Is. 11.10 ,
Aeschin. 1.63 , cf.
λαγχάνω 1.3 ; very rarely of
public actions, as in
D. 39.17 .
2). λ. τοῦ κλήρου,
an application to the Archon (required of all except direct descendants)
to be put in legal possession of an inheritance,
τοῦ κλήρου λαχεῖν τὴν λ. ἠξίωσεν Is. 3.2 , cf.
Arist. Ath. 43.4 .
ShortDef
a portion assigned by lot, an allotment
cessation
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Headword (normalized):
λῆξις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ληξις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-62942
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λῆξις</span> (A), <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">λάξις</span> (q.v.),(<span class="etym greek">λαγχάνω</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">determination</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">appointment by lot</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀρχῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:765d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:765d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 765d </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">portion assigned by lot, allotment</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:740a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:740a/canonical-url/"> 740a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:747e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:747e/canonical-url/"> 747e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:109c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:109c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 109c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:113b/canonical-url/"> 113b </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">λάξις</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">section</span> of a body, determined by lot, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:30:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:30.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 30.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:31:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:31.3/canonical-url/"> 31.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fortunes</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἱ διάφοροι τῆς ἀνθρωπείας ψυχῆς λήξεις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in de An.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:4.6/canonical-url/"> 4.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> without the notion of lot or chance, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assigned sphere</span>, <span class="quote greek">θεῶν καὶ τῶν εἰς θείαν λῆξιν πορευθέντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6:187c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:6.187c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 6.187c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἑτέρα λ.</span> the other <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">world</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:2:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001:2.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hld.</span> 2.24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἑῴα λ.</span> the eastern <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">part of the empire</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.</span> </span> Gaz.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pan.</span> 497.3 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς λ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sphere</span> of Athena, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:12:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:12.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 12.36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg005:1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg005:1.175/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Decl.</span> 1.175 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:1065:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:1065.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 1065.3 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">province</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὰς λ. [τῶν θεῶν</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.74A" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.74A/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herm.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Phdr.</span> p.74A. </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dwelling-place</span>, <span class="foreign greek">εἰ .. αἱ λ. τῶν ψυχῶν .. ὑποσέληνοί εἰσιν</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.104A" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2317.tlg001:p.104A/canonical-url/"> p.104A. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as law-term, <span class="foreign greek">λ. δίκης</span> or <span class="foreign greek">λ.</span> alone, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step in private actions</span>, nearly, = <span class="ref greek">ἔγκλημα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 425d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0011:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg0011:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 11.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.63 </a>, cf. <span class="quote greek">λαγχάνω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 1.3 </a> ; very rarely of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">public actions</span>, as in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg039.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg039.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 39.17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">λ. τοῦ κλήρου</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an application to the Archon</span> (required of all except direct descendants) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be put in legal possession of an inheritance</span>, <span class="quote greek">τοῦ κλήρου λαχεῖν τὴν λ. ἠξίωσεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 3.2 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:43:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:43.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 43.4 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}