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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> λήξομαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>617e</span>; Ion. <b class="b3">λάξομαι</b> (cf. <b class="b3">λάξις</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: aor. ἔλᾰχον <span class="bibl">Il.9.367</span>, etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>87</span>, v.l. for [[ἔλλαβεν]] in <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.271</span>; Ep. λάχον <span class="bibl">Il.4.49</span>, al.; Aeol. opt. 1sg. λαχόην Sapph.9 (λαχοίην <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>247.25</span>); for <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b> v. infr. IV: pf. εἴληχα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>, <span class="bibl">423</span>, etc.: plpf. εἰλήχει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>107d</span>; poet. and Ion. λέλογχα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">B.9.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.20.3</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>282</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>, Test. ap.<span class="bibl">D.21.82</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.83</span>, etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3pl. <b class="b3">λελογχᾰσι</b> (ν) <span class="bibl">Od.11.304</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, but λελᾰχᾱσι <span class="bibl">Id.115.5</span>; part. λελαχώς Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.17; Dor. 3sg. λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.40</span>: plpf. ἐλελόγχει <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Am.</span>18</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐλήχθην <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.9.24</span>, <span class="bibl">D.38.20</span>: pf. εἴληγμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>296</span>, <span class="bibl">D.30.34</span>; 3pl. λελάχαται Perict. ap. Stob.4.28.19: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">obtain by lot</b>, of spoils, opp. <b class="b3">ἐξαιρεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.233</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il. 9.367</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">obtain as one's portion</b>, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς <span class="bibl">4.49</span>; λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν <span class="bibl">18.327</span>; πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>9.45</span>; μέζονας μοίρας λ. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.25</span>; μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον <span class="bibl">Od.20.282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.144</span>: with inf. added, <b class="b3">ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν</b> I <b class="b2">had</b> the sea <b class="b2">for my portion</b> to dwell in, <span class="bibl">Il.15.190</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 6.34</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>931</span> (anap.); ἔλαχ' ἄναξ δούλην σ' ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>278</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">282</span> (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ . . λάχε γεινόμενόν περ <span class="bibl">Il.23.79</span>; τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει <span class="bibl">Theoc. 4.40</span>; δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς <span class="bibl">Lys.2.78</span>; ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με . . εἴληχας <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.49</span>: also, esp. in pf., <b class="b2">to be the tutelary deity of</b> a place, <b class="b2">protect</b> it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον . . λέλογχε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>19.6</span>; θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.53</span>; παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">N.</span>11.1</span>; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>23d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 319</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1576</span> (lyr.): metaph., ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.53</span>: freq. of persons <b class="b2">who have a post assigned to them by lot</b>, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι <span class="bibl">Il.7.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">179</span>, <span class="bibl">23.354</span>, <span class="bibl">862</span>: c. inf., κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ' ἕπεσθαι <span class="bibl">24.400</span>; so πάλῳ λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.128</span>; ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>376</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Δύκιοι</b> <b class="b2">had their post assigned</b> near Thymbra, <span class="bibl">Il.10.430</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>423</span>, <span class="bibl">451</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαχών</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.128</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον</b> <b class="b2">have him assigned to one by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, <b class="b2">obtain</b> an office <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <b class="b3">ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χειροτονηθῆναι</b> (to be elected), <span class="bibl">D.57.25</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1111</span>; οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.106</span>: more freq. c. inf., <b class="b3">ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν</b> <b class="b2">he who had the lot</b> to be polemarch, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Th.5.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">35</span>; λαχὼν . . ἱερομνημονεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>623</span>; <b class="b3">λαχόντος βουλεύειν</b> <b class="b2">when I became</b> Member of Council <b class="b2">by lot</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">59.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>473e</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων</b> <b class="b2">to be chosen by lot</b> as one of... <span class="bibl">D.21.133</span>; also οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες <span class="title">IG</span>12.91.21; <b class="b3">λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Lys.6.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Din.2.10</span>, <span class="bibl">D.57.47</span>, etc.; ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1022</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ πεντακόσιοι &lt;οἱ&gt; λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>: abs., <b class="b3">κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας</b> <b class="b2">those on whom the lot fell</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 765c</span>; τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους <span class="title">SIG</span>465.6 (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, <b class="b3">λαχὼν ἱερεύς</b> ib.762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> as Att. law-term, <b class="b3">λαγχάνειν δίκην</b> <b class="b2">obtain leave to bring</b> a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; <b class="b3">λ. δίκην τινί</b> <b class="b2">against</b> one, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>5b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 938b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.99</span>; ἔγκλημά τινι <span class="bibl">D.34.16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην</b> the person <b class="b2">suing</b> for the inheritance, <span class="bibl">Is.8.3</span>: without <b class="b3">τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου</b> he <b class="b2">has claimed</b> Euctemon's daughter... <span class="bibl">Id.6.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.48.20</span>; λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου <span class="bibl">Lys.17.3</span>; λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ <span class="bibl">D.21.120</span>; also <b class="b3">λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου</b> <b class="b2">prosecute the claim</b> on his son's behalf, <span class="bibl">And.1.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">124</span>; λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">D. 59.98</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.2</span>: abs., λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα <span class="bibl">Is.11.33</span>: metaph., τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος <span class="bibl">Democr.159</span>:—Pass., πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν <span class="bibl">Lys.17.8</span>; πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι <span class="bibl">D.54.28</span>: impers., <b class="b3">τούτοις λαγχάνεται</b> <b class="b2">proceedings are taken</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.23.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. partit., <b class="b2">become possessed of</b> a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ <span class="bibl">Il.24.76</span>; ἔλαχον κτερέων <span class="bibl">Od.5.311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.934</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).69</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>75.6</span>, <span class="bibl">B.1.56</span>, <span class="bibl">9.39</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>53, <span class="bibl">Emp.102</span>, <span class="bibl">115.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.21</span>; εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>380</span> (lyr.); χρυσῆς . . τιμῆς λαχεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>699</span>; οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>450</span>; <b class="b3">γέννας</b> ἀφθίτου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>278</span>; διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1086</span>; <b class="b3">πατρῴων οὐ λαχών</b> not <b class="b2">having obtained</b> thy patrimony, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1192</span>; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>; δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>6.9</span>; also χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>790</span>; γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>918</span>; τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span> 1135</span>; τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> abs., <b class="b2">draw lots</b>, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S. 4.63</span>, etc.; περί τινος D.21 Arg.2&lt;*&gt;&lt;*&gt; 3, 4, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>19.24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. <b class="b3">λέλᾰχον</b>, <b class="b2">put in possession of</b> a thing, <b class="b2">grant</b> one <b class="b2">the rights of</b>... ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες . . λελάχωσι θανόντα <span class="bibl">Il.7.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.350</span>, <span class="bibl">23.76</span>: later this aor. is used intr. in <span class="title">AP</span>7.341 (Procl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> intr., <b class="b2">fall to one's lot</b> or <b class="b2">share</b>, <b class="b3">ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες</b> nine goats <b class="b2">were allotted</b> to each, <span class="bibl">Od.9.160</span>; αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>214</span> (lyr.); ὅσοις . . τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>80</span>; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>745e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epin.</span>992d</span>; τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι <span class="bibl">Str.9.5.23</span>.</span>