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|Definition=Ep. aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔλληξα A.R.2.84:—[[stay]], [[abate]], Ἰδομενεὺς δ' οὐ λῆγε μένος μέγα Il.13.424, cf. 21.305; λ. γόον ''AP''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, Od.22.63.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. intr., [[leave off]], [[cease]], of speaking, etc., <b class="b3">οὐ λήξω, πρὶν</b>… Il.19.423; οὐδέ τ' ἔληγε θεὸς μέγας 21.248; ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δ' ἄρξομαι 9.97, cf. Hes. ''Op.''368; <b class="b3">λ. [ἡ ἀτραπὸς] κατὰ Ἀλπηνὸν πόλιν</b> [[comes to an end]] at... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.216, cf. Th.7.6; ἡ ἡμέρη ἔληγε [[Herodotus|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; <b class="b3">ψακὰς λ., νότος λ.</b>, A.''Ag.''1534 (lyr.), [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''258 (anap.); ἅμα τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 183e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., [[stop]], [[cease from]] a thing, <b class="b3">ἔριδος, χόλοιο, φόνοιο, ἀπατάων, πόνου, χοροῖο</b>, Il.1.319,224, 6.107, Od.13.294, Il.10.164, 3.394; ἀοιδῆς Hes.''Th.''48 (dub. l.); κλαυμάτων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''705 (troch.); [[θρήνων]], [[γόων]], S.''El.''104 (anap.), 353; ὀδύνης [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''255d; <b class="b3">λ. τοῦ βίου</b>, 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.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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 [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''365, cf. 831; τὸ σκέλος ῥίψαντες λήγομεν Ar.''Pax''332; λήγει κινούμενον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''245c, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> with Preps., λ. ἔς τι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.39, Plot.3.2.2; ἐπὶ τῶν ὀνειδῶν App.''Hisp.''75 (73).<br><span class="bld">5</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[follow logically]], Them.''in Ph.''115.5; <b class="b3">τὸ λῆγον</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἡγούμενον</b>, the [[consequent]], opp.antecedent, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.70, S.E. ''P.''2.111, 112.<br><span class="bld">7</span> of months, = [[φθίνω]], ''IG''12(3).325.20 (Thera); also περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν D.24.98; τοῦ χειμῶνος -οντος Th.5.81; so perhaps <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ λῆγον</b> is to be read for <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ λῆγος</b> in ''Gp.''12.1.4.