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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> λήξομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>617e</span>; Ion. <b class="b3">λάξομαι</b> (cf. [[λάξις]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: aor. ἔλᾰχον <span class="bibl">Il.9.367</span>, etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>87</span>, v.l. for [[ἔλλαβεν]] in <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.271</span>; Ep. λάχον <span class="bibl">Il.4.49</span>, al.; Aeol. opt. 1sg. λαχόην Sapph.9 (λαχοίην <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>247.25</span>); for <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b> v. infr. IV: pf. εἴληχα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>, <span class="bibl">423</span>, etc.: plpf. εἰλήχει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>107d</span>; poet. and Ion. λέλογχα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">B.9.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.20.3</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>282</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>, Test. ap.<span class="bibl">D.21.82</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.83</span>, etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3pl. <b class="b3">λελογχᾰσι</b> (ν) <span class="bibl">Od.11.304</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, but λελᾰχᾱσι <span class="bibl">Id.115.5</span>; part. λελαχώς Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.17; Dor. 3sg. λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.40</span>: plpf. ἐλελόγχει <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Am.</span>18</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐλήχθην <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.24</span>, <span class="bibl">D.38.20</span>: pf. εἴληγμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>296</span>, <span class="bibl">D.30.34</span>; 3pl. λελάχαται Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">obtain by lot</b>, of spoils, opp. <b class="b3">ἐξαιρεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.233</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il. 9.367</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">obtain as one's portion</b>, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς <span class="bibl">4.49</span>; λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν <span class="bibl">18.327</span>; πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>9.45</span>; μέζονας μοίρας λ. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.25</span>; μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον <span class="bibl">Od.20.282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: with inf. added, <b class="b3">ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν</b> I <b class="b2">had</b> the sea <b class="b2">for my portion</b> to dwell in, <span class="bibl">Il.15.190</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 6.34</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>931</span> (anap.); ἔλαχ' ἄναξ δούλην σ' ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">282</span> (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ . . λάχε γεινόμενόν περ <span class="bibl">Il.23.79</span>; τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc. 4.40</span>; δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς <span class="bibl">Lys.2.78</span>; ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με . . εἴληχας <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.49</span>: also, esp. in pf., <b class="b2">to be the tutelary deity of</b> a place, <b class="b2">protect</b> it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον . . λέλογχε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.6</span>; θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>; παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>11.1</span>; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>23d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 319</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1576</span> (lyr.): metaph., ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>: freq. of persons <b class="b2">who have a post assigned to them by lot</b>, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.7.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">179</span>, <span class="bibl">23.354</span>, <span class="bibl">862</span>: c. inf., κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι <span class="bibl">24.400</span>; so πάλῳ λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.128</span>; ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Δύκιοι</b> <b class="b2">had their post assigned</b> near Thymbra, <span class="bibl">Il.10.430</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>423</span>, <span class="bibl">451</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαχών</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.128</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον</b> <b class="b2">have him assigned to one by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, <b class="b2">obtain</b> an office <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <b class="b3">ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χειροτονηθῆναι</b> (to be elected), <span class="bibl">D.57.25</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1111</span>; οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.106</span>: more freq. c. inf., <b class="b3">ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν</b> <b class="b2">he who had the lot</b> to be polemarch, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Th.5.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">35</span>; λαχὼν . . ἱερομνημονεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>623</span>; <b class="b3">λαχόντος βουλεύειν</b> <b class="b2">when I became</b> Member of Council <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">59.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>473e</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων</b> <b class="b2">to be chosen by lot</b> as one of... <span class="bibl">D.21.133</span>; also οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες <span class="title">IG</span>12.91.21; <b class="b3">λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Lys.6.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Din.2.10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.57.47</span>, etc.; ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1022</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ πεντακόσιοι &lt;οἱ&gt; λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>: abs., <b class="b3">κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας</b> <b class="b2">those on whom the lot fell</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 765c</span>; τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους <span class="title">SIG</span>465.6 (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, <b class="b3">λαχὼν ἱερεύς</b> ib.762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> as Att. law-term, <b class="b3">λαγχάνειν δίκην</b> <b class="b2">obtain leave to bring</b> a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; <b class="b3">λ. δίκην τινί</b> <b class="b2">against</b> one, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>5b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 938b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.99</span>; ἔγκλημά τινι <span class="bibl">D.34.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην</b> the person <b class="b2">suing</b> for the inheritance, <span class="bibl">Is.8.3</span>: without <b class="b3">τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου</b> he <b class="b2">has claimed</b> Euctemon's daughter... <span class="bibl">Id.6.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.48.20</span>; λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου <span class="bibl">Lys.17.3</span>; λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ <span class="bibl">D.21.120</span>; also <b class="b3">λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου</b> <b class="b2">prosecute the claim</b> on his son's behalf, <span class="bibl">And.1.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">124</span>; λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">D. 59.98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.2</span>: abs., λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα <span class="bibl">Is.11.33</span>: metaph., τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος <span class="bibl">Democr.159</span>:—Pass., πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>; πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι <span class="bibl">D.54.28</span>: impers., <b class="b3">τούτοις λαγχάνεται</b> <b class="b2">proceedings are taken</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.23.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. partit., <b class="b2">become possessed of</b> a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ <span class="bibl">Il.24.76</span>; ἔλαχον κτερέων <span class="bibl">Od.5.311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.934</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).69</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>75.6</span>, <span class="bibl">B.1.56</span>, <span class="bibl">9.39</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>53, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, <span class="bibl">115.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.21</span>; εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>380</span> (lyr.); χρυσῆς . . τιμῆς λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>699</span>; οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>450</span>; <b class="b3">γέννας</b> ἀφθίτου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>278</span>; διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1086</span>; <b class="b3">πατρῴων οὐ λαχών</b> not <b class="b2">having obtained</b> thy patrimony, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1192</span>; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>; δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>6.9</span>; also χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>790</span>; γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>918</span>; τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span> 1135</span>; τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> abs., <b class="b2">draw lots</b>, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S. 4.63</span>, etc.; περί τινος D.21 Arg.2&lt;*&gt;&lt;*&gt; 3, 4, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>19.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b>, <b class="b2">put in possession of</b> a thing, <b class="b2">grant</b> one <b class="b2">the rights of</b>... ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες . . λελάχωσι θανόντα <span class="bibl">Il.7.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.350</span>, <span class="bibl">23.76</span>: later this aor. is used intr. in <span class="title">AP</span>7.341 (Procl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> intr., <b class="b2">fall to one's lot</b> or <b class="b2">share</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες</b> nine goats <b class="b2">were allotted</b> to each, <span class="bibl">Od.9.160</span>; αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>214</span> (lyr.); ὅσοις . . τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>80</span>; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>745e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epin.</span>992d</span>; τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι <span class="bibl">Str.9.5.23</span>.</span>
|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> λήξομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>617e</span>; Ion. <b class="b3">λάξομαι</b> (cf. [[λάξις]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: aor. ἔλᾰχον <span class="bibl">Il.9.367</span>, etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>87</span>, v.l. for [[ἔλλαβεν]] in <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.271</span>; Ep. λάχον <span class="bibl">Il.4.49</span>, al.; Aeol. opt. 1sg. λαχόην Sapph.9 (λαχοίην <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>247.25</span>); for <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b> v. infr. IV: pf. εἴληχα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>, <span class="bibl">423</span>, etc.: plpf. εἰλήχει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>107d</span>; poet. and Ion. λέλογχα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">B.9.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.20.3</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>282</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>, Test. ap.<span class="bibl">D.21.82</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.83</span>, etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3pl. <b class="b3">λελογχᾰσι</b> (ν) <span class="bibl">Od.11.304</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, but λελᾰχᾱσι <span class="bibl">Id.115.5</span>; part. λελαχώς Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.17; Dor. 3sg. λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.40</span>: plpf. ἐλελόγχει <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Am.</span>18</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐλήχθην <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.24</span>, <span class="bibl">D.38.20</span>: pf. εἴληγμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>296</span>, <span class="bibl">D.30.34</span>; 3pl. λελάχαται Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">obtain by lot</b>, of spoils, opp. <b class="b3">ἐξαιρεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.233</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il. 9.367</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">obtain as one's portion</b>, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς <span class="bibl">4.49</span>; λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν <span class="bibl">18.327</span>; πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>9.45</span>; μέζονας μοίρας λ. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.25</span>; μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον <span class="bibl">Od.20.282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: with inf. added, <b class="b3">ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν</b> I <b class="b2">had</b> the sea <b class="b2">for my portion</b> to dwell in, <span class="bibl">Il.15.190</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 6.34</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>931</span> (anap.); ἔλαχ' ἄναξ δούλην σ' ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">282</span> (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ . . λάχε γεινόμενόν περ <span class="bibl">Il.23.79</span>; τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc. 4.40</span>; δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς <span class="bibl">Lys.2.78</span>; ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με . . εἴληχας <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.49</span>: also, esp. in pf., <b class="b2">to be the tutelary deity of</b> a place, <b class="b2">protect</b> it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον . . λέλογχε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.6</span>; θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>; παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>11.1</span>; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>23d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 319</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1576</span> (lyr.): metaph., ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>: freq. of persons <b class="b2">who have a post assigned to them by lot</b>, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.7.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">179</span>, <span class="bibl">23.354</span>, <span class="bibl">862</span>: c. inf., κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι <span class="bibl">24.400</span>; so πάλῳ λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.128</span>; ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Δύκιοι</b> <b class="b2">had their post assigned</b> near Thymbra, <span class="bibl">Il.10.430</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>423</span>, <span class="bibl">451</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαχών</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.128</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον</b> <b class="b2">have him assigned to one by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, <b class="b2">obtain</b> an office <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <b class="b3">ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χειροτονηθῆναι</b> (to be elected), <span class="bibl">D.57.25</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1111</span>; οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.106</span>: more freq. c. inf., <b class="b3">ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν</b> <b class="b2">he who had the lot</b> to be polemarch, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Th.5.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">35</span>; λαχὼν . . ἱερομνημονεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>623</span>; <b class="b3">λαχόντος βουλεύειν</b> <b class="b2">when I became</b> Member of Council <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">59.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>473e</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων</b> <b class="b2">to be chosen by lot</b> as one of... <span class="bibl">D.21.133</span>; also οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες <span class="title">IG</span>12.91.21; <b class="b3">λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Lys.6.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Din.2.10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.57.47</span>, etc.; ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1022</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ πεντακόσιοι &lt;οἱ&gt; λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>: abs., <b class="b3">κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας</b> <b class="b2">those on whom the lot fell</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 765c</span>; τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους <span class="title">SIG</span>465.6 (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, <b class="b3">λαχὼν ἱερεύς</b> ib.762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> as Att. law-term, <b class="b3">λαγχάνειν δίκην</b> <b class="b2">obtain leave to bring</b> a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; <b class="b3">λ. δίκην τινί</b> <b class="b2">against</b> one, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>5b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 938b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.99</span>; ἔγκλημά τινι <span class="bibl">D.34.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην</b> the person <b class="b2">suing</b> for the inheritance, <span class="bibl">Is.8.3</span>: without <b class="b3">τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου</b> he <b class="b2">has claimed</b> Euctemon's daughter... <span class="bibl">Id.6.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.48.20</span>; λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου <span class="bibl">Lys.17.3</span>; λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ <span class="bibl">D.21.120</span>; also <b class="b3">λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου</b> <b class="b2">prosecute the claim</b> on his son's behalf, <span class="bibl">And.1.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">124</span>; λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">D. 59.98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.2</span>: abs., λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα <span class="bibl">Is.11.33</span>: metaph., τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος <span class="bibl">Democr.159</span>:—Pass., πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>; πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι <span class="bibl">D.54.28</span>: impers., <b class="b3">τούτοις λαγχάνεται</b> <b class="b2">proceedings are taken</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.23.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. partit., <b class="b2">become possessed of</b> a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ <span class="bibl">Il.24.76</span>; ἔλαχον κτερέων <span class="bibl">Od.5.311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.934</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).69</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>75.6</span>, <span class="bibl">B.1.56</span>, <span class="bibl">9.39</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>53, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, <span class="bibl">115.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.21</span>; εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>380</span> (lyr.); χρυσῆς . . τιμῆς λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>699</span>; οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>450</span>; <b class="b3">γέννας</b> ἀφθίτου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>278</span>; διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1086</span>; <b class="b3">πατρῴων οὐ λαχών</b> not <b class="b2">having obtained</b> thy patrimony, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1192</span>; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>; δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>6.9</span>; also χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>790</span>; γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>918</span>; τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span> 1135</span>; τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> abs., <b class="b2">draw lots</b>, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S. 4.63</span>, etc.; περί τινος D.21 Arg.2&lt;*&gt;&lt;*&gt; 3, 4, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>19.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b>, <b class="b2">put in possession of</b> a thing, <b class="b2">grant</b> one <b class="b2">the rights of</b>... ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες . . λελάχωσι θανόντα <span class="bibl">Il.7.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.350</span>, <span class="bibl">23.76</span>: later this aor. is used intr. in <span class="title">AP</span>7.341 (Procl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> intr., <b class="b2">fall to one's lot</b> or <b class="b2">share</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες</b> nine goats <b class="b2">were allotted</b> to each, <span class="bibl">Od.9.160</span>; αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>214</span> (lyr.); ὅσοις . . τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>80</span>; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>745e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epin.</span>992d</span>; τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι <span class="bibl">Str.9.5.23</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0004.png Seite 4]] (λαχ), fut. λήξομαι, z. B. Plat. Rep. X, 617 e, ion. [[λάξομαι]], Her. 7, 144; aor. ἔλαχον, [[λαχεῖν]], u. mit veränderter Bdtg λέλαχον(s. unten), perf. εἴληχα, ion. p. u. Sp. λέλογχα, Luc. amor. 18; auch in einem Dokument, Dem. 21, 82; ὅς μ' ἐλελόγχει, Theocr. 4, 40; aber εἴλαχας 16, 84; λελάχασι, Empedocl. 5; pass. εἴληγμαι, Isocr. 17, 22; Eur. Troad. 296, nach conj., wie Dem. 30, 34, wo v. l. εἴλεγμαι; aor. ληχθῆναι, Is. 9, 24. – Adj. verb. [[ληκτέον]], Is. 7, 23, – 1) <b class="b2">durchs Looserhalten</b>, durch das Geschick oder durch Zufall erlangen, als seinen Antheil zuertheilt erhalten, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλαχθε διαμπερὲς ὅς κε λάχῃσι, Il. 7, 171, vgl. 23, 353; [[ἤτοι]] ἐγὼν ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν [[αἰεί]], 15, 190, ich bekam (bei der Verloosung der Welt) das Meer zum Antheil, darin zu wohnen; Κὴρ [[λάχε]] γεινόμενον, die Ker bekam ihn bei seiner Geburt zu ihrem Antheil, Il. 23, 79; Ap. Rh. 2, 258, u. so oft von Göttern, die ein Land oder eine Stadt bei der Vertheilung der Erde erlangt haben, es inne haben u. beschützen; von der Athene, ἣ τήν τε ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχεν, Plat. Tim. 23 d; von der Adrastea, ἣ τάδε πάντα πρὸς μακάρων ἔλαχεν, Antimach. bei Harpocr.; vgl. noch Eur. [[ποτνιάδες]] θεαί, ἀβάκχευτον αἳ θίασον ἐλάχετε, Or. 319, vgl. 963; ψυχρὰν λοιβάν, ἃν ἔλαχ' Ἅιδας Phoen. 1576; δαίμονες οἳ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν λελόγχατε D. Hal. 4, 83; τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι Il. 24, 400; allgemeiner, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν [[γέρας]] [[ἡμεῖς]], 24, 70 u. öfter; λαχὼν πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον, Pind. N. 9, 45 u. öfter; c. inf., [[λάχε]] τ' Ἀλφεὸν οἰκεῖν, Ol. 6, 34; ὡς πάλῳ λαχὼν [[ἕκαστος]] αὐτῶν πρὸς πύλας ἄγοι λόχον, Aesch. Sept. 55. 119 u. öfter; Ἑλλάδα κλήρῳ λαχοῦσα γαῖαν, Pers. 183; Ἕκτορος [[μόνος]] μόνου λαχών τε κ[[ἀκέλευστος]] ἦλθ' [[ἐναντίος]], Soph. Ai. 1263; κλήρῳ λαχόντες, Eur. Heracl. 36; [[τίνα]] πότμον εἴληχε βιότου; welches Lebensgeschick ist sein Loos? I. T 914 u. öfter; ἐπί σκοπος ἥκω [[δεῦρο]], τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών, Ar. Av. 1022; in Prosa, παλλομένων δὲ λαγχάνει ἐκ πάντων Βαγαῖος, Her. 3, 128; πάλῳ [[λαχεῖν]], 4, 94. 153 u. öfter; Xen. Mem. 3, 9, 10 u. A. – Dah. auch ohne Casus, wie in der aus Ar. angeführten Stelle, bes. <b class="b2">durchs Loos erwählt, bestimmt werden</b>, αὐτὰρ τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθαι ἄνωγον – οἱ δ' ἔλαχον, τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον αὐτὸς ἑλέσθαι, Od. 9, 331 ff., eigtl. die zogen das Loos; vgl. Il. 10, 430. 23, 354; so ist auch Od. 9, 160 zu nehmen: ἐς ἑκάστην (νῆα) [[ἐννέα]] λάγχανον αἶγες, d. i. neun Ziegen kamen durchs Loos auf jedes Schiff; τὸ λαχὸν [[μέρος]], Plat. Legg. V, 745 e; bes. in Athen bei allen Aemtern, zu denen man durchs Loos bestimmt wurde, theils c. nom., ἐπιμελητὴς λαχών, Din. 2, 10; [[βασιλεύς]], Lys. 6, 4; [[ἱερεύς]], Dem. 57, 47; οὔτ' ἔλαχε [[τειχοποιός]], οὔτ' ἐχειροτονήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου, Aesch. 3, 28; u. so οἱ λαχόντες δικασταί, βουλευταί, die durchs Loos gewählten Richter, Rathsherren, u. so in andern Casus, τῷ λαχόντι βασιλεῖ, Plat. Polit. 290 e; – theils c. inf., λαχὼν ἱερομνημονεῖν, Ar. Nubb. 624; Her. 6, 109; Plat. Gorg. 473 e; βουλεύειν, Dem. 59, 3 u. A. – Seltener c. acc., ἀρχὰς ἔλαχε καὶ ἦρξε δοκιμασθείς, er erhielt Aemter durch das Loos, wurde zu Staatsämtern gewählt, Dem. 57, 25. – 2) τινός, <b class="b2">einer Sache theilhaftig werden</b>, erlangen, ἔλαχον κτερέων, Od. 5, 311; δώρων ἔκ τινος Il. 24, 76; Theogn. 914; Δωρίων ἔλαχεν σελίνων Pind. L 7, 64; οὐχ ἥδε χρυσῆς [[ἀξία]] τιμῆς [[λαχεῖν]] Soph. Ant. 699; τάφου τε μοίρας καὶ κτερισμάτων Eur. Suppl. 309; so einzeln bei Folgenden; οἳ ἂν τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης λάχωσι τελευτῆς Thuc. 2, 44; den gen. erklären Vrbdgn wie τῆς ἐμῆς χθονὸς [[λαχεῖν]] τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον, Soph. O. C. 794; τοῦ γάμου [[μέρος]] λαχοῦσα, Ant. 909; – bes. durch Erbschaft erlangen, <b class="b2">erben</b>, denn das Erbe selbst heißt [[κλῆρος]], πατρῴων οὐ λαχών, Eur. Troad. 1192; κλήρου [[ληκτέον]] αὐτοῖς, Is. 3, 2; ἔλαχε τοῦ ἡμικληρίου, Dem. 48, 20 u. A.; vgl. ᾡ (υἱῷ) [[λαχεῖν]] ἠξίωσε τῆς Ἐπιλύκου θυγατρός, Andoc. 1, 124. – 3) in der attischen Gerichtssprache, λαγχάνειν δίκην τινί, Einem den Proceß machen, ihn verklagen, weil die Richter für einen Proceß u. die Reihefolge der Processe durchs Loos bestimmt wurden, Plat. Euthyphr. 5 b u. oft in Legg., wie bei den Rednern; [[δίκη]] εἰληγμένη, Isocr. 17, 22, wie Dem. 30, 34; αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν, Lys. 17, 8; πρὶν τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι, Dem. 54, 28, vgl. 38, 20; auch τὸ [[ἔγκλημα]] ὃ ἔλαχον αὐτῷ πέρυσιν, Dem. 34, 16; πρὸς τὸν [[βασιλέα]] u. ä., den Proceß beim Archon [[βασιλεύς]] anhängig machen, 47, 69; ähnlich λαγχάνειν δίκην τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας, 59, 98. – 4) Der aor. II. in der Form λέλαχον hat bei Hom. die factitive Bdtg: Einen einer Sache theilhaftig werden lassen, [[ὄφρα]] [[πυρός]] με Τρῶες – λελάχωσι θανόντα, Il. 22, 342, wie 15, 349; [[ἐπήν]] με πυρὸς λελάχητε, 23, 75, wo die Alten geradezu θάψητε erklären. Dieselbe Form ist aber = ἔλαχον, Procl. 6 (VII, 341), [[αἴθε]] δὲ καὶ ψυχὰς [[χῶρος]] [[ἕεις]] λελάχοι.
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   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. 1sg. 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; 3pl. λελογχᾰσι (ν) Od.11.304, Emp.102, but λελᾰχᾱσι Id.115.5; part. λελαχώς Phld.D.1.17; Dor. 3sg. 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; 3pl. 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 IG12.91.21; 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 SIG465.6 (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.OC450; 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.OC790; 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 AP7.341 (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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[Seite 4] (λαχ), fut. λήξομαι, z. B. Plat. Rep. X, 617 e, ion. λάξομαι, Her. 7, 144; aor. ἔλαχον, λαχεῖν, u. mit veränderter Bdtg λέλαχον(s. unten), perf. εἴληχα, ion. p. u. Sp. λέλογχα, Luc. amor. 18; auch in einem Dokument, Dem. 21, 82; ὅς μ' ἐλελόγχει, Theocr. 4, 40; aber εἴλαχας 16, 84; λελάχασι, Empedocl. 5; pass. εἴληγμαι, Isocr. 17, 22; Eur. Troad. 296, nach conj., wie Dem. 30, 34, wo v. l. εἴλεγμαι; aor. ληχθῆναι, Is. 9, 24. – Adj. verb. ληκτέον, Is. 7, 23, – 1) durchs Looserhalten, durch das Geschick oder durch Zufall erlangen, als seinen Antheil zuertheilt erhalten, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλαχθε διαμπερὲς ὅς κε λάχῃσι, Il. 7, 171, vgl. 23, 353; ἤτοι ἐγὼν ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν αἰεί, 15, 190, ich bekam (bei der Verloosung der Welt) das Meer zum Antheil, darin zu wohnen; Κὴρ λάχε γεινόμενον, die Ker bekam ihn bei seiner Geburt zu ihrem Antheil, Il. 23, 79; Ap. Rh. 2, 258, u. so oft von Göttern, die ein Land oder eine Stadt bei der Vertheilung der Erde erlangt haben, es inne haben u. beschützen; von der Athene, ἣ τήν τε ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχεν, Plat. Tim. 23 d; von der Adrastea, ἣ τάδε πάντα πρὸς μακάρων ἔλαχεν, Antimach. bei Harpocr.; vgl. noch Eur. ποτνιάδες θεαί, ἀβάκχευτον αἳ θίασον ἐλάχετε, Or. 319, vgl. 963; ψυχρὰν λοιβάν, ἃν ἔλαχ' Ἅιδας Phoen. 1576; δαίμονες οἳ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν λελόγχατε D. Hal. 4, 83; τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι Il. 24, 400; allgemeiner, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς, 24, 70 u. öfter; λαχὼν πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον, Pind. N. 9, 45 u. öfter; c. inf., λάχε τ' Ἀλφεὸν οἰκεῖν, Ol. 6, 34; ὡς πάλῳ λαχὼν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν πρὸς πύλας ἄγοι λόχον, Aesch. Sept. 55. 119 u. öfter; Ἑλλάδα κλήρῳ λαχοῦσα γαῖαν, Pers. 183; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου λαχών τε κἀκέλευστος ἦλθ' ἐναντίος, Soph. Ai. 1263; κλήρῳ λαχόντες, Eur. Heracl. 36; τίνα πότμον εἴληχε βιότου; welches Lebensgeschick ist sein Loos? I. T 914 u. öfter; ἐπί σκοπος ἥκω δεῦρο, τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών, Ar. Av. 1022; in Prosa, παλλομένων δὲ λαγχάνει ἐκ πάντων Βαγαῖος, Her. 3, 128; πάλῳ λαχεῖν, 4, 94. 153 u. öfter; Xen. Mem. 3, 9, 10 u. A. – Dah. auch ohne Casus, wie in der aus Ar. angeführten Stelle, bes. durchs Loos erwählt, bestimmt werden, αὐτὰρ τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθαι ἄνωγον – οἱ δ' ἔλαχον, τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον αὐτὸς ἑλέσθαι, Od. 9, 331 ff., eigtl. die zogen das Loos; vgl. Il. 10, 430. 23, 354; so ist auch Od. 9, 160 zu nehmen: ἐς ἑκάστην (νῆα) ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες, d. i. neun Ziegen kamen durchs Loos auf jedes Schiff; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος, Plat. Legg. V, 745 e; bes. in Athen bei allen Aemtern, zu denen man durchs Loos bestimmt wurde, theils c. nom., ἐπιμελητὴς λαχών, Din. 2, 10; βασιλεύς, Lys. 6, 4; ἱερεύς, Dem. 57, 47; οὔτ' ἔλαχε τειχοποιός, οὔτ' ἐχειροτονήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου, Aesch. 3, 28; u. so οἱ λαχόντες δικασταί, βουλευταί, die durchs Loos gewählten Richter, Rathsherren, u. so in andern Casus, τῷ λαχόντι βασιλεῖ, Plat. Polit. 290 e; – theils c. inf., λαχὼν ἱερομνημονεῖν, Ar. Nubb. 624; Her. 6, 109; Plat. Gorg. 473 e; βουλεύειν, Dem. 59, 3 u. A. – Seltener c. acc., ἀρχὰς ἔλαχε καὶ ἦρξε δοκιμασθείς, er erhielt Aemter durch das Loos, wurde zu Staatsämtern gewählt, Dem. 57, 25. – 2) τινός, einer Sache theilhaftig werden, erlangen, ἔλαχον κτερέων, Od. 5, 311; δώρων ἔκ τινος Il. 24, 76; Theogn. 914; Δωρίων ἔλαχεν σελίνων Pind. L 7, 64; οὐχ ἥδε χρυσῆς ἀξία τιμῆς λαχεῖν Soph. Ant. 699; τάφου τε μοίρας καὶ κτερισμάτων Eur. Suppl. 309; so einzeln bei Folgenden; οἳ ἂν τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης λάχωσι τελευτῆς Thuc. 2, 44; den gen. erklären Vrbdgn wie τῆς ἐμῆς χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον, Soph. O. C. 794; τοῦ γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα, Ant. 909; – bes. durch Erbschaft erlangen, erben, denn das Erbe selbst heißt κλῆρος, πατρῴων οὐ λαχών, Eur. Troad. 1192; κλήρου ληκτέον αὐτοῖς, Is. 3, 2; ἔλαχε τοῦ ἡμικληρίου, Dem. 48, 20 u. A.; vgl. ᾡ (υἱῷ) λαχεῖν ἠξίωσε τῆς Ἐπιλύκου θυγατρός, Andoc. 1, 124. – 3) in der attischen Gerichtssprache, λαγχάνειν δίκην τινί, Einem den Proceß machen, ihn verklagen, weil die Richter für einen Proceß u. die Reihefolge der Processe durchs Loos bestimmt wurden, Plat. Euthyphr. 5 b u. oft in Legg., wie bei den Rednern; δίκη εἰληγμένη, Isocr. 17, 22, wie Dem. 30, 34; αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν, Lys. 17, 8; πρὶν τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι, Dem. 54, 28, vgl. 38, 20; auch τὸ ἔγκλημα ὃ ἔλαχον αὐτῷ πέρυσιν, Dem. 34, 16; πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα u. ä., den Proceß beim Archon βασιλεύς anhängig machen, 47, 69; ähnlich λαγχάνειν δίκην τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας, 59, 98. – 4) Der aor. II. in der Form λέλαχον hat bei Hom. die factitive Bdtg: Einen einer Sache theilhaftig werden lassen, ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες – λελάχωσι θανόντα, Il. 22, 342, wie 15, 349; ἐπήν με πυρὸς λελάχητε, 23, 75, wo die Alten geradezu θάψητε erklären. Dieselbe Form ist aber = ἔλαχον, Procl. 6 (VII, 341), αἴθε δὲ καὶ ψυχὰς χῶρος ἕεις λελάχοι.