Λάχεσις
ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, (λαχεῖν) Lachesis, one of the three Fates,
A Disposer of lots, Hes.Th.218, Sc.258, Pi.O.7.64, etc.; as the goddess of distribution, Plu.2.644a, cf. Arist.Mu.401b20. II as Appellat., lot, destiny, Bacis ap. Hdt.9.43: pl., Μοιρῶν Λαχέσεων IG 5(1).602.8 (Sparta, iii A.D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Λάχεσις: -εως, Ἰων. ιος, ἡ: (λᾰχεῖν)· - μία τῶν τριῶν Μοιρῶν, ἡ διαθέτουσα τοὺς κλήρους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Ἡσ. Θ. 218, Ἀσπ. Ἡρακλ. 258, Πινδ. Ο. 7. 118, κτλ.· ὡς θεότης τῆς διανομῆς, Πλούτ. 2. 644Α, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 7, 6· ἴδε ἐν λέξ. Κλωθώ. ΙΙ. ὡς προσηγορ., κλῆρος, μοῖρα, προορισμός, Βάκις παρ’ Ἡροδ. 9. 43· καὶ ἐν τῷ πληθ. Μοιρῶν λαχέσεων Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1444.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως, ion. -ιος (ἡ) :
Lachésis, l’une des trois Parques.
Étymologie: v. λάχεσις.
English (Slater)
Λᾰχεσις
1 she who allots, one of the Moirai. ἐκέλευσεν δ' αὐτίκα (sc. Ἀέλιος) χρυσάμπυκα μὲν Λάχεσιν χεῖρας ἀντεῖναι (cf. λάχος v. 58) (O. 7.64) πολὺν ῥόθον ἵεσαν ἀπὸ στομάτων Ἐλείθυιά τε καὶ Λάχεσις at the birth of Apollo and Artemis (Pae. 12.17)
English (Slater)
Λᾰχεσις
1 she who allots, one of the Moirai. ἐκέλευσεν δ' αὐτίκα (sc. Ἀέλιος) χρυσάμπυκα μὲν Λάχεσιν χεῖρας ἀντεῖναι (cf. λάχος v. 58) (O. 7.64) πολὺν ῥόθον ἵεσαν ἀπὸ στομάτων Ἐλείθυιά τε καὶ Λάχεσις at the birth of Apollo and Artemis (Pae. 12.17)
