Λάχεσις

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Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 125
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Transliteration A: Láchesis Transliteration B: Lachesis Transliteration C: Lachesis Beta Code: *la/xesis

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.