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   A ἔλληξα A.R.2.84:—stay, abate, Ἰδομενεὺς δ' οὐ λῆγε μένος μέγα Il.13.424, cf. 21.305; λ. γόον AP7.549 (Leon. Alex., s.v.l.): c. gen., οὐδέ κεν ὣς ἔτι χεῖρας ἐμὰς λήξαιμι φόνοιο would stay my hands from slaughter, Od.22.63.    II more freq. intr., leave off, cease, of speaking, etc., οὐ λήξω, πρὶν . . Il.19.423; οὐδέ τ' ἔληγε θεὸς μέγας 21.248; ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δ' ἄρξομαι 9.97, cf. Hes. Op.368; λ. [ἡ ἀτραπὸς] κατὰ Ἀλπηνὸν πόλιν comes to an end at... Hdt.7.216, cf. Th.7.6; ἡ ἡμέρη ἔληγε Hdt.9.52, cf. X.An.7.6.6; of heat, wind, rain, etc., λ. μένος ἠελίοιο Hes.Op.414; λήξαντος οὔρου Pi.P.4.292; ψακὰς λ., νότος λ., A.Ag.1534 (lyr.), S.Aj.258 (anap.); ἅμα τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι Pl.Smp.183e.    2 c. gen., stop, cease from a thing, ἔριδος, χόλοιο, φόνοιο, ἀπατάων, πόνου, χοροῖο, Il.1.319,224, 6.107, Od.13.294, Il.10.164, 3.394; ἀοιδῆς Hes.Th.48 (dub. l.); κλαυμάτων A.Pers.705 (troch.); θρήνων, γόων, S.El.104 (anap.), 353; ὀδύνης Pl.Phdr.255d; λ. τοῦ βίου, i.e. to die, X.Ap.8; φύλλα πτόρθοιο λ. Hes.Op.421; also λ. ἀπ' ἔργων A.R.4.928: c. dat., λ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ PTeb.16.9 (ii B.C.).    3 c. part., ὁπότε λήξειεν ἀείδων Il. 9.191, cf. Od.8.87; οὐ πρὶν λήξω . . ἐναρίζων Il.21.224; εὖτ' ἂν φλέγων . . ἥλιος χθόνα λήξῃ A.Pers.365, cf. 831; τὸ σκέλος ῥίψαντες λήγομεν Ar.Pax332; λήγει κινούμενον Pl.Phdr.245c, etc.    4 with Preps., λ. ἔς τι Hdt.4.39, Plot.3.2.2; ἐπὶ τῶν ὀνειδῶν App.Hisp.75 (73).    5 Gramm., terminate, of a word, εἰς ε λ. A.D.Pron.11.9, cf. D.T.639.20; also λήγεσθαι c. dat., μακρᾷ, βραχείᾳ, An.Ox.2. 313.    6 follow logically, Them.in Ph.115.5; τὸ λῆγον, opp. τὸ ἡγούμενον, the consequent, opp.antecedent, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.70, S.E. P.2.111, 112.    7 of months, = φθίνω, IG12(3).325.20 (Thera); also περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν D.24.98; τοῦ χειμῶνος -οντος Th.5.81; so perh. εἰς τὸ λῆγον is to be read for εἰς τὸ λῆγος in Gp.12.1.4.