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|Definition=Ep. aor. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔλληξα <span class="bibl">A.R.2.84</span>:—[[stay]], [[abate]], Ἰδομενεὺς δ' οὐ λῆγε μένος μέγα <span class="bibl">Il.13.424</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.305</span>; λ. γόον <span class="title">AP</span>7.549 (Leon. Alex., s.v.l.): c. gen., <b class="b3">οὐδέ κεν ὣς ἔτι χεῖρας ἐμὰς λήξαιμι φόνοιο</b> [[would stay]] my hands [[from]] slaughter, <span class="bibl">Od.22.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more freq. intr., [[leave off]], [[cease]], of speaking, etc., <b class="b3">οὐ λήξω, πρὶν</b>… <span class="bibl">Il.19.423</span>; οὐδέ τ' ἔληγε θεὸς μέγας <span class="bibl">21.248</span>; ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δ' ἄρξομαι <span class="bibl">9.97</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>368</span>; <b class="b3">λ. [ἡ ἀτραπὸς] κατὰ Ἀλπηνὸν πόλιν</b> [[comes to an end]] at... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.216</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.6</span>; ἡ ἡμέρη ἔληγε <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.6.6</span>; of heat, wind, rain, etc., λ. μένος ἠελίοιο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>414</span>; λήξαντος οὔρου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.292</span>; <b class="b3">ψακὰς λ., νότος λ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1534</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>258</span> (anap.); ἅμα τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[stop]], [[cease from]] a thing, <b class="b3">ἔριδος, χόλοιο, φόνοιο, ἀπατάων, πόνου, χοροῖο</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.319</span>,<span class="bibl">224</span>, <span class="bibl">6.107</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.294</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.164</span>, <span class="bibl">3.394</span>; ἀοιδῆς <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>48</span> (dub. l.); κλαυμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>705</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">θρήνων, γόων</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>104</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">353</span>; ὀδύνης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>255d</span>; <b class="b3">λ. τοῦ βίου</b>, i.e. to [[die]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ap.</span>8</span>; φύλλα πτόρθοιο λ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>421</span>; also λ. ἀπ' ἔργων <span class="bibl">A.R.4.928</span>: c. dat., λ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>16.9</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. part., ὁπότε λήξειεν ἀείδων <span class="bibl">Il. 9.191</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.87</span>; οὐ πρὶν λήξω… ἐναρίζων <span class="bibl">Il.21.224</span>; εὖτ' ἂν φλέγων… ἥλιος χθόνα λήξῃ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>365</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">831</span>; τὸ σκέλος ῥίψαντες λήγομεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>332</span>; λήγει κινούμενον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>245c</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> with Preps., λ. ἔς τι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.2.2</span>; ἐπὶ τῶν ὀνειδῶν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Hisp.</span>75</span> (<span class="bibl">73</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., [[terminate]], of a word, εἰς ε λ. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>11.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.T.639.20</span>; also [[λήγεσθαι]] c. dat., <b class="b3">μακρᾷ, βραχείᾳ</b>, <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2. 313. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[follow logically]], <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>115.5</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ λῆγον</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἡγούμενον</b>, the [[consequent]], opp.antecedent, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.70</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">P.</span>2.111</span>, <span class="bibl">112</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> of months, = [[φθίνω]], <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).325.20 (Thera); also περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν <span class="bibl">D.24.98</span>; τοῦ χειμῶνος -οντος <span class="bibl">Th.5.81</span>; so perh. <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ λῆγον</b> is to be read for <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ λῆγος</b> in <span class="title">Gp.</span>12.1.4.</span>