ἀπολαγχάνω

English (LSJ)

   A obtain a portion of a thing by lot, λαγχάνειν ἄπο μοῖραν ἐσθλῶν B.4.20; τῶν κτημάτων τὸ μέρος ἀ. Hdt.4.114, cf. 115; τὴν Ταναγρικὴν μοῖραν Id.5.57; τῆς γῆς Id.4.145; μόριον ὅσον αὐτοῖσι ἐπέβαλλε Id.7.23; ὡς ἀλλὰ ταῦτά γ' ἀπολάχωσ' οἴκων πατρός that they may obtain .., E.HF331; cf. Antipho Fr.63, Leg.Gort.5.4, al.    II fail in drawing lots, ἀ. κριτής Lys.4.3, cf. Plu. Cat.Mi.6, 2.102e: generally, lose one's all, be left destitute, E.Ion609.