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|mdlsjtxt=[from Root !λαχ]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> c.acc. to [[obtain]] by lot, by [[fate]], by the [[will]] of the gods, Hom.; with inf. added, [[ἔλαχον]] πολιὴν ἅλα [[ναιέμεν]] I had the sea for my [[portion]] to [[dwell]] in, says [[Poseidon]], Il.; ἔλαχ' [[ἄναξ]] δούλην σ' ἔχειν Eur.:—of the [[genius]] presiding [[over]] one's [[life]], ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ [[λάχε]] Il.; especially in perf. to be the [[tutelary]] [[deity]] of a [[place]], to [[protect]] it, θεοῖσιν, οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι Hdt.:—absol., πρὸς Θύμβρης [[ἔλαχον]] Λύκιοι had [[their]] [[post]] assigned near [[Thymbra]], Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[public]] officers, to [[obtain]] an [[office]] by lot (v. [[κύαμος]] ΙΙ); ἀρχὴν [[λαχεῖν]], opp. to χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), Ar.; so, c. inf., ὁ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, Hdt.; οἱ λαχόντες βουλευταί (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]), Oratt.; and absol., οἱ λαχόντες those on whom the lot [[fell]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> as [[attic]] law-[[term]], λαγχάνειν [[δίκην]] to [[obtain]] [[leave]] to [[bring]] on a [[suit]], Plat., Oratt.; and (without [[δίκην]]) λαγχάνειν τινι to [[bring]] an [[action]] [[against]] one, Oratt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> c. gen. partit. to get one's [[share]] of, [[become]] [[possessed]] of, Hom., [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> absol. to [[draw]] (i. e. [[obtain]]) the lot, Od.: [[cast]] lots, NTest.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> Causal epic redupl. aor. [[λέλαχον]], to put in [[possession]] of a [[thing]], πυρὸς λελαχεῖν τινα to [[grant]] one the [[right]] of [[funeral]] [[fire]], Il.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> intr. to [[fall]] to one's lot or [[share]], Od., Eur.