λέχομαι
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
A lie down, pres. only in Hsch. λέχεται (λεύχεται cod.)· κοιμᾶται, cf. Theognost.Can.139: pf. part. λελοχυῖα( = λεχὼ γενομένη) Hsch.; other tenses in Ep.: fut. λέξομαι: aor. ἐλεξάμην; also 3sg. aor. ἔλεκτο, λέκτο; imper. λέξο, λέξεο (v. infr.):—lie down, esp. to sleep, λέξεται ὕπνῳ will lie asleep, Il.4.131, cf. Od.7.319; λέξομαι εἰς εὐνήν 17.102: aor., πὰρ δ' Ἑλένη ἐλέξατο 4.305; τῷ ἔνι λεξάσθην Il. 14.350; λεξάσθων παρὰ τάφρον let them bivouac, 9.67, cf. 8.519; ἔλεκτο Od.19.50, Hes.Sc.46; λέκτο Od.4.453, al.; imper. λέξο Il.24.650, Od.10.320; λέξεο Il.9.617, Od.19.598. II causal in Act., lay asleep, lull to sleep, λέξον με Il.24.635; ἔλεξα Διὸς νόον 14.252. (Goth. ligan, Engl. lie, etc.)
