λαγχάνω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">obtain by lot (office, complains), obtain one's portion</b> (on the meaning Debrunner Mus. Helv. 1, 36ff.) (Od.)<br />Other forms: aor. [[λαχεῖν]] (Il.), causat. [[λελαχεῖν]] (Il.), perf. [[λέλογχα]] (λ 304), [[λέλαχα]] (Emp.), [[εἴληχα]] (A., Att.), fut. [[λάξομαι]] (Hdt.), [[λήξομαι]] (Pl.), pass. perf. [[εἴληγμαι]], aor. [[ληχθῆναι]] (Att.),<br />Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀντι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>.<br />Derivatives: 1. With old <b class="b2">o-</b>coloured full grade: [[λόγχη]] f. [[share]] (Ion.; on the acc. cf. Schwyzer 459 b 1); with <b class="b3">εὔ-λογχος</b> = <b class="b3">εὔ-μοιρος</b> (Democr.) with [[εὑλογ]]<[[χ]]><b class="b3">εῖν εὑμοι-ρεῖν</b> H. 2. With zero grade: [[λάξις]] <b class="b2">portion, share (of land)</b> (Hdt., Miletus), [[Ἀπόλαξις]] (Eretria); [[Λάχεσις]] f. name of one of the Moirai, also appellat. [[share]], [[lot]] (Hes., Pi.; after [[γένεσις]]? Holt Les noms d'action en <b class="b3">-σις</b> 93, Porzig Satzinhalte 336f.; cf. esp. [[Νέμεσις]] and Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 51 n. 1); younger formations [[λάχος]] n. [[lot]], [[share]] (Thgn., Pi., A.; also Arc.) and [[λάχη]] ([[λαχή]]?) f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (A. Th. 914, H.); cf. on [[λαχαίνω]]; PN [[Λάχης]], <b class="b3">-ητος</b> m. (Th.); [[λαχμός]] = [[λάχος]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Sch., Eust.). 3. With sec. full grade (cf. below): [[λῆξις]] (<b class="b3">σύν-</b>, <b class="b3">διά-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀντί-</b>) <b class="b2">drawing (lot), lot, i. e. written complaint</b> (Att.). To the old [[λέλογχα]], [[λόγχη]] and [[λαχεῖν]], [[λάξις]] arose after [[εἴληφα]], [[λήψομαι]], [[λῆψις]] ([[λαγχάνω]]: [[λαμβάνω]], [[λαχεῖν]] : [[λαβεῖν]]) as innovations [[εἴληχα]], [[λήξομαι]], [[λῆξις]] etc.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] <b class="b2">*lengʰ-</b> <b class="b2">obtain (by lot)</b>?<br />Etymology: No certain agreement. Quite doubtful hypothesis by Mayrhofer ZDMG 105, 181 n. 2 (S. 182; after Thieme): to Skt. <b class="b2">lakṣá-</b> [[stake]] (: [[λάχος]] as <b class="b2">vatsá-</b>: [[Ϝέτος]]; but [[λάχος]] is innovation). On earlier attempts s. Bq. - A notable agreement with [[Λάχεσις]] is Messap. [[Logetibas]] (dat.pl.), to which <b class="b3">Λάγεσις θεός</b>. [[Σικελοί]] H.; it must be an old loan; cf. Krahe Arch. f. Religionswiss. 30, 393ff., Kretschmer Glotta 12, 278ff.; on the <b class="b2">o-</b>vowel also Krahe Glotta 17, 102 n. 2.