λαγχάνω

λαγχάνω, fut. λήξομαι Pl. R. 617e; Ion. λάξομαι (cf. λάξις) Hdt. 7.144: aor. ἔλᾰχον Il. 9.367, etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον h.Cer. 87, v.l. for ἔλλαβεν in Theoc. 25.271; Ep. λάχον Il. 4.49, al.; Aeol. opt. 1 sg. λαχόην Sapph. 9 (λαχοίην A.D. Synt. 247.25); for λέλᾰχον v. infr. IV: pf. εἴληχα A. Th. 376, 423, etc.: plpf. εἰλήχει Pl. Phd. 107d; poet. and Ion. λέλογχα Pi. O. 1.53, B. 9.39, Emp. 20.3, E. Tr. 282 (lyr.), Hdt. 7.53, Test. ap. D. 21.82, D.H. 4.83, etc., but not in early Att. Prose; 3 pl. λελογχᾰσι (ν) Od. 11.304, Emp. 102, but λελᾰχᾱσι Id. 115.5; part. λελαχώς Phld. D. 1.17; Dor. 3 sg. λελόγχει Theoc. 4.40: plpf. ἐλελόγχει Luc. Am. 18:—Pass., aor. ἐλήχθην Lys. 17.8, Is. 9.24, D. 38.20: pf. εἴληγμαι E. Tr. 296, D. 30.34; 3 pl. λελάχαται Perict. ap. Stob. 4.28.19:

• • I c. acc. rei, obtain by lot, of spoils, opp. ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, Od. 14.233, cf. Il. 9.367, etc.: generally, obtain as oneʼs portion, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς 4.49; λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν 18.327; πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον Pi. N. 9.45; μέζονας μοίρας λ. Heraclit. 25; μοῖραν ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον Od. 20.282, cf. Hdt. 7.144: with inf. added, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν I had the sea for my portion to dwell in, Il. 15.190, cf. Pi. O. 6.34, A. Eu. 931 (anap.); ἔλαχʼ ἄναξ δούλην σʼ ἔχειν E. Tr. 278, cf. 282 (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over oneʼs life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ . . λάχε γεινόμενόν περ Il. 23.79; τῶ σκληρῶ μάλα δαίμονος ὅς με λελόγχει Theoc. 4.40; δαίμων ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν εἰληχώς Lys. 2.78; ὦ δαῖμον, ὅς με . . εἴληχας Alciphr. 3.49: also, esp. in pf., to be the tutelary deity of a place, protect it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον . . λέλογχε h.Hom. 19.6; θεοῖσι οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι Hdt. 7.53; παῖ Ῥέας, ἃ πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας Pi. N. 11.1; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε Pl. Ti. 23d, cf. E. Or. 319 (lyr.), Ph. 1576 (lyr.): metaph., ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρος Pi. O. 1.53: freq. of persons who have a post assigned to them by lot, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι Il. 7.171, cf. 179, 23.354, 862: c. inf., κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδʼ ἕπεσθαι 24.400; so πάλῳ λαχεῖν A. Th. 55, Hdt. 4.94, cf. 3.128; ὡς ἐν πύλαις ἕκαστος εἴληχεν πάλον A. Th. 376: abs., πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Λύκιοι had their post assigned near Thymbra, Il. 10.430; ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ., A. Th. 423, 451, etc.; λαχών alone, Hdt. 3.128, etc.; λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον have him assigned to one by lot, Antipho 6.11.
  • • 2 at Athens, obtain an office by lot, ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν, opp. χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), D. 57.25, cf. Ar. Av. 1111; οὐδεμίαν [ἀρχὴν] λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς Aeschin. 1.106: more freq. c. inf., ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, Hdt. 6.109; ἔλαχον πρότεροι ἀποδιδόναι Th. 5.21, cf. 35; λαχὼν . . ἱερομνημονεῖν Ar. Nu. 623; λαχόντος βουλεύειν when I became Member of Council by lot, D. 21.111, cf. 59.3, Pl. Grg. 473e: c. gen., λαχεῖν τῶν ἐξιόντων to be chosen by lot as one of . ., D. 21.133; also οἱ ταμίαι οἱ λαχόντες IG 1(2).91.21; λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς, etc., Lys. 6.4, Din. 2.10, D. 57.47, etc.; ἐπίσκοπος τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών Ar. Av. 1022; οἱ πεντακόσιοι <οἱ> λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ Lex ap. And. 1.96: abs., κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας those on whom the lot fell, Th. 3.50, cf. Pl. Lg. 765c; τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους SIG 465.6 (Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, λαχὼν ἱερεύς ib. 762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc.
    • 3 as Att. law-term, λαγχάνειν δίκην obtain leave to bring a suit (esp. a private suit), prob. because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; λ. δίκην τινί against one, Pl. Euthphr. 5b, Lg. 938b, cf. Aeschin. 2.99; ἔγκλημά τινι D. 34.16; τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην the person suing for the inheritance, Is. 8.3: without τὴν δίκην, εἴληχε μὲν αὑτῷ τῆς θυγατρὸς τῆς Εὐκτήμονος ὡς οὔσης ἐπικλήρου he has claimed Euctemonʼs daughter . ., Id. 6.46, cf. D. 48.20; λ. τινὶ τοῦ συμβολαίου Lys. 17.3; λ. φόνου ἐμαυτῷ D. 21.120; also λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου prosecute the claim on his sonʼs behalf, And. 1.121, cf. 124; λ. δίκην τινὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπέρ τινος D. 59.98, cf. Isoc. 16.2: abs., λ. πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα Is. 11.33: metaph., τοῦ σώματος [τῇ ψυχῇ] δίκην λαχόντος Democr. 159:—Pass., πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν Lys. 17.8; πρὸ τοῦ τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι D. 54.28: impers., τούτοις λαγχάνεται proceedings are taken, Id. 23.76.
  • II c. gen. partit., become possessed of a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ Il. 24.76; ἔλαχον κτερέων Od. 5.311, cf. Thgn. 934, Pi. I. 8(7).69, Fr. 75.6, B. 1.56, 9.39, Lyr.Adesp. 53, Emp. 102, 115.5, Democr. 21; εὖ πραπίδων λαχόντα A. Ag. 380 (lyr.); χρυσῆς . . τιμῆς λαχεῖν S. Ant. 699; οὔ τι μὴ λάχωσι τοῦδε συμμάχου Id. OC 450; γέννας ἀφθίτου λαχόντες Id. Fr. 278; διπλοῦ βίου λαχόντες E. Supp. 1086; πατρῴων οὐ λαχών not having obtained thy patrimony, Id. Tr. 1192; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης τελευτῆς Th. 2.44; δείπνου τε καὶ ὕπνου λαγχάνομεν X. Hier. 6.9; also χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον S. OC 790; γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα Id. Ant. 918; τύμβου κοινὸν εἰληχὼς μέρος Id. El. 1135; τῆς γῆς τὸ πρὸς Νότον εἴληχε Παλλάς Id. Fr. 24.8.
  • III abs., draw lots, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη Isoc. 7.23, cf. D.S. 4.63, etc.; περί τινος D. 21 Arg.2 §§ 3, 4, Ev.Jo. 19.24.
  • IV causal only in Ep. redupl. aor. λέλᾰχον, put in possession of a thing, grant one the rights of . ., ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες . . λελάχωσι θανόντα Il. 7.80, cf. 15.350, 23.76: later this aor. is used intr. in AP 7.341 (Procl.).
  • V intr., fall to oneʼs lot or share, ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες nine goats were allotted to each, Od. 9.160; αἰὼν δυσαίων ἔλαχεν E. Hel. 214 (lyr.); ὅσοις . . τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν Id. Hipp. 80; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ Pl. Lg. 745e, cf. Epin. 992d; τὴν πρὸς Νότον λαχεῖν φασι Δευκαλίωνι Str. 9.5.23.

λαγχάνω [cf. Skt. lakṣá-?] impf. ἐλάγχανον, later mid. pass. ἐλαγχανόμην ‖ fut. mid. λήξομαι ‖ aor^t. ἔλᾰχον, mid. ἐλαχόμην ‖ pf. εἴληχα, mid. pass. εἴληγμαι ‖ ppf. εἰλήχειν ‖ aor. pass. ἐλήχθην

❶ act. (and fut. mid.)
🄰 to obtain by lot: τι sthg. | to get oneʼs fair share in a distribution ‖ of divinities to govern, have in oneʼs power, safeguard, protect
🄱 to obtain a position by lot, be assigned or designated also without acc. | with inf. ‖ analog. at Athens to obtain or be appointed to a post | with inf. | abs. ‖ jur. to be allowed to bring charges, file suit, abs. and with δίκην: τινι to or against s.o. | εἴς or πρός τινα before s.o.
🄲 to obtain, receive: τινος sthg. ‖ causat. (epic aor. λέλαχον) to grant (possession), to concede, give ‖ later to have, welcome
🄳 abs. to cast lots, draw | περί τινος for sthg.
🄴 intrans. to fall to oneʼs lot

❷ pass. to be designated by lot, be chosen ‖ impers.

❶ act. (and fut. mid.)
🄰 to obtain by lot: τι sthg. Il. 4.49, al. etc.; ἴστω λαχὼν πρὸς δαιμόνων θαυμαστὸν ὄλβον know that you have received marvelous happiness from the gods Pind. N. 9.45; ἐν πρεσβείῳ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἤδη λελογχώς who had by now attained a ripe old age VT 3Macc. 6.1 | to get oneʼs fair share, in a distribution Il. 18.327 Od. 20.282 ‖ of divinities to govern, have in oneʼs power Il. 15.191, al. | to safeguard, protect Hom. 19.6 Hes. Th. 203 Pind. N. 11.1 Plat. Tim. 23d etc.; οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι (the gods) who have the land of Persia under their protection Hdt. 7.53.2

🄱 to obtain a position by lot, be assigned or designated also without acc. Il. 7.171 etc.; πρὸς Θύμβρης δ’ ἔλαχον the region of Thymbra fell to their lot Il. 10.430; τὸν πάλῳ λαχόντα … ἀποπέμπουσι ἄγγελον they send as a messenger one chosen by lot Hdt. 4.94.2; Καπανεὺς δ’ ἐπ’ Ἠλέκτραισιν εἴληχεν πύλαις Kapaneus was assigned by lot to the Elektra gate Aeschl. Sept. 423; λέγ’ ἄλλον ἄλλαις ἐν πύλαις εἰληχότα tell me of another (warrior) assigned to another gate Aeschl. Sept. 451 | ἔλαχεν τὸν κλῆρον τῆς διακονίας ταύτης he obtained this ministry by lot NT Acts 1.17 | with inf. κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ’ ἕπεσθαι I drew the lot to follow the army there Il. 24.400; τήν … Ἀμφίπολιν πρότεροι λαχόντες … ἀποδιδόναι designated (by a draw) to be the first to restore Amphipolis Thuc. 5.35.3 ‖ analog. at Athens to obtain or be appointed to an office (by drawing lots) Aristoph. Av. 1111 etc.; οὐδεμίαν λαχὼν οὐδὲ χειροτονηθείς not having obtained any (office) either by lot or by election Aeschn. 1.106; ἀρχὰς ἔλαχεν καὶ ἦρξεν he obtained public offices by lot, and he made use of them Demosth. 57.25; ἄρχων … λαχεῖν to be designated archon by lot Plut. Per. 9.3 | with inf. ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν Ἀθηναίων πολεμαρχέειν that Athenian who drew the bean to become polemarch Hdt. 6.109.2; βουλεύειν μου λαχόντος when I had drawn the lot to become a member of the council Demosth. 21.111 | abs. λάχῃ βασιλεύς let him be designated King Archon Lys. 6.4; τρεῖς δ’ ἔστωσαν οἱ λαχόντες three men will be elected by lot Plat. Leg. 765c ‖ jur. to be allowed to bring charges, file suit abs. and with δίκην: τινι to or against s.o. Plat. Euthyph. 5b, al. etc. | εἴς or πρός τινα before s.o. Is. 11.33 etc.; φόνου δ’ ἂν εἰκότως ἐμαυτῷ λαχεῖν that I could reasonably charge myself with homicide Demosth. 21.120; λαγχάνουσι δίκην τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας χιλίων ταλάντων ὑπὲρ τῶν συμμάχων they brought charges against the Spartans before the Amphiktyons for a thousand talents in the name of the allies Demosth. 59.98

🄲 to obtain, receive τινος sthg. Il. 24.76 etc.; κ’ ἔλαχον κτερέων I shall have obtained funeral honors Od. 5.311; χρυσῆς ἀξία τιμῆς λαχεῖν worthy of winning splendid honor Soph. Ant. 699; τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης λάχωσιν … τελευτῆς they obtain the most noble death Thuc. 2.44.1; μικρὸν δ’ ὕπνου λαχών having dozed off for a short time Xen. An. 3.1.11; ἔλαχε τοῦ θυμιᾶσαι he obtained the duty of burning the incense NT Luc. 1.9 ‖ causat. (epic aor. λέλαχον) to grant (possession), concede, give τινὰ πυρός s.o. fire (from the funeral pyre) Il. 7.80, 15.350, 23.76 ‖ later to have, welcome: αἴθε δὲ καὶ ψυχὰς χῶρος ἕεις λελάχοι may one single place welcome our souls! Procl. (AP 7.341.4)

🄳 abs. to cast lots, draw Isocr. 7.23 etc. | περί τινος over sthg. NT John 19.24 etc.

🄴 intrans. to fall to oneʼs lot: ἐς ἑκάστην to each (ship) Od. 9.160; ὅσοις … τὸ σωφρονεῖν εἴληχεν to those whose lot is to be virtuous Eur. Hip. 80; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος ἑκάστῳ τῷ θεῷ the share that falls to the lot of each of the gods Plat. Leg. 745e

❷ pass. to be designated by lot, be chosen, usu. jur.: πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν (the magistrates) before whom charges were brought Lys. 17.8; ἤδη τούτῳ ταυτησὶ τῆς δίκης εἰληγμένης once this man had already been brought to trial Demosth. 30.34 ‖ impers. τούτοις ἐνταῦθα λαγχάνεται the charges are brought against these men Demosth. 23.76

● epic impf. 3. λάγχανον Od. 9.160 ‖ Ion. fut. λάξομαι ‖ epic aor^t. λάχον and ἔλλαχον, redupl. λέλᾰχον, Aeol. λόχον Balb. 991.13 | Aeol. opt. λαχοίην Sapph. 33.2 | Dor. ptc. fem. λαχοῖσα Pind. ‖ Aeol. Ion. pf. poet. λέλογχα, 3. pl. λελόγχᾰσι and λελά̆χᾱσι Emped. B 115.51, mid. pass. 3. pl. λελάχαται Perict. 144.1 (Stob. 4.28.19) | subj. λελάχητε Il. 23.76 | later ptc. also λελαχώς and λελαχηκώς Sch. Opp.¹ 4.126 ‖ ppf. 3. sg. later also ἐλελόγχει Luc. Am. 18, poet. λελόγχει Theocr. 4.40.

λαγχάνω, (ΛαΧ), fut. λήξομαι, z.B. Plat. Rep. X.617e, ion. λάξομαι, Her. 7.144 ; aor. ἔλαχον, λαχεῖν, u. mit veränderter Bdtg λέλαχον(s. unten), perf. εἴληχα, ion. p. u. Sp. λέλογχα, Luc. amor. 18 ; auch in einem Dokument, Dem. 21.82 ; ὅς μʼ ἐλελόγχει, Theocr. 4.40 ; aber εἴλᾱχας 16.84 ; λελάχασι, Empedocl. 5 ; pass. εἴληγμαι, Isocr. 17.22 ; Eur. Troad. 296, nach conj., wie Dem. 30.34, wo v.l. εἴλεγμαι ; aor. ληχθῆναι, Isae. 9.24. – Adj. verb. ληκτέον, Isae. 7.23,
1) durchs Loserhalten, durch das Geschick oder durch Zufall erlangen, als seinen Anteil zuerteilt erhalten, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλαχθε διαμπερὲς ὅς κε λάχῃσι, Il. 7.171, vgl. 23.353 ; ἤτοι ἐγὼν ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν αἰεί, 15.190, ich bekam (bei der Verlosung der Welt) das Meer zum Anteil, darin zu wohnen ; Κὴρ λάχε γεινόμενον, die Ker bekam ihn bei seiner Geburt zu ihrem Anteil, Il. 23.79 ; Ap.Rh. 2.258, u. so oft von Göttern, die ein Land oder eine Stadt bei der Verteilung der Erde erlangt haben, es inne haben u. beschützen ; von der Athene, ἣ τήν τε ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχεν, Plat. Tim. 23d ; von der Adrastea, ἣ τάδε πάντα πρὸς μακάρων ἔλαχεν, Antimach. bei Harp.; vgl. noch Eur. ποτνιάδες θεαί, ἀβάκχευτον αἳ θίασον ἐλάχετε, Or. 319, vgl. 963 ; ψυχρὰν λοιβάν, ἃν ἔλαχʼ ᾍδας Phoen. 1576 ; δαίμονες οἳ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν λελόγχατε Dion.Hal. 4.83 ; τῶν μέτα παλλόμενος κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδʼ ἕπεσθαι Il. 24.400 ; allgemeiner, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς, 24.70 u. öfter ; λαχὼν πρὸς δαιμόνων ὄλβον, Pind. N. 9.45 u. öfter ; c. inf., λάχε τʼ Ἀλφεὸν οἰκεῖν, Ol. 6.34 ; ὡς πάλῳ λαχὼν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν πρὸς πύλας ἄγοι λόχον, Aesch. Spt. 55, 119 u. öfter ; Ἑλλάδα κλήρῳ λαχοῦσα γαῖαν, Pers. 183 ; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου λαχών τε κἀκέλευστος ἦλθʼ ἐναντίος, Soph. Aj. 1263 ; κλήρῳ λαχόντες, Eur. Heracl. 36 ; τίνα πότμον εἴληχε βιότου ; welches Lebensgeschick ist sein Los ? I.T. 914 u. öfter ; ἐπί σκοπος ἥκω δεῦρο, τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών, Ar. Av. 1022 ; in Prosa, παλλομένων δὲ λαγχάνει ἐκ πάντων Βαγαῖος, Her. 3.128 ; πάλῳ λαχεῖν, 4.94, 153 u. öfter ; Xen. Mem. 3.9.10 u. A. – Dah. auch ohne Casus, wie in der aus Ar. angeführten Stelle, bes. durchs Los erwählt, bestimmt werden, αὐτὰρ τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθαι ἄνωγον – οἱ δʼ ἔλαχον, τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον αὐτὸς ἑλέσθαι, Od. 9.331 ff., eigtl. die zogen das Los ; vgl. Il. 10.430, 23.354 ; so ist auch Od. 9.160 zu nehmen : ἐς ἑκάστην (νῆα) ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες, d.i. neun Ziegen kamen durchs Los auf jedes Schiff ; τὸ λαχὸν μέρος, Plat. Legg. V.745e ; bes. in Athen bei allen Aemtern, zu denen man durchs Los bestimmt wurde, teils c. nom., ἐπιμελητὴς λαχών, Din. 2.10 ; βασιλεύς, Lys. 6.4 ; ἱερεύς, Dem. 57.47 ; οὔτʼ ἔλαχε τειχοποιός, οὔτʼ ἐχειροτονήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου, Aesch. 3.28 ; u. so οἱ λαχόντες δικασταί, βουλευταί, die durchs Los gewählten Richter, Ratsherren, u. so in andern Casus, τῷ λαχόντι βασιλεῖ, Plat. Polit. 290e ; – teils c. inf., λαχὼν ἱερομνημονεῖν, Ar. Nub. 624 ; Her. 6.109 ; Plat. Gorg. 473e ; βουλεύειν, Dem. 59.3 u. A. – Seltener c. acc., ἀρχὰς ἔλαχε καὶ ἦρξε δοκιμασθείς, er erhielt Aemter durch das Los, wurde zu Staatsämtern gewählt, Dem. 57.25.
2) τινός, einer Sache teilhaftig werden, erlangen, ἔλαχον κτερέων, Od. 5.311 ; δώρων ἔκ τινος Il. 24.76 ; Theogn. 914 ; Δωρίων ἔλαχεν σελίνων Pind. I. 7.64 ; οὐχ ἥδε χρυσῆς ἀξία τιμῆς λαχεῖν Soph. Ant. 699 ; τάφου τε μοίρας καὶ κτερισμάτων Eur. Suppl. 309 ; so einzeln bei Folgenden ; οἳ ἂν τῆς εὐπρεπεστάτης λάχωσι τελευτῆς Thuc. 2.44 ; den gen. erklären Vrbdgn wie τῆς ἐμῆς χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον ἐνθανεῖν μόνον, Soph. O.C. 794 ; τοῦ γάμου μέρος λαχοῦσα, Ant. 909 ; – bes. durch Erbschaft erlangen, erben, denn das Erbe selbst heißt κλῆρος, πατρῴων οὐ λαχών, Eur. Troad. 1192 ; κλήρου ληκτέον αὐτοῖς, Isae. 3.2 ; ἔλαχε τοῦ ἡμικληρίου, Dem. 48.20 u. A.; vgl. ᾧ (υἱῷ) λαχεῖν ἠξίωσε τῆς Ἐπιλύκου θυγατρός, Andoc. 1.124.
3) in der attischen Gerichtssprache, λαγχάνειν δίκην τινί, Einem den Prozeß machen, ihn verklagen, weil die Richter für einen Prozeß u. die Reihefolge der Prozesse durchs Los bestimmt wurden, Plat. Euthyphr. 5b u. oft in Legg., wie bei den Rednern ; δίκη εἰληγμένη, Isocr. 17.22, wie Dem. 30.34 ; αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν, Lys. 17.8 ; πρὶν τὴν δίκην ληχθῆναι, Dem. 54.28, vgl. 38.20 ; auch τὸ ἔγκλημα ὃ ἔλαχον αὐτῷ πέρυσιν, Dem. 34.16 ; πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα u. ä., den Prozeß beim Archon βασιλεύς anhängig machen, 47.69 ; ähnlich λαγχάνειν δίκην τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις εἰς τοὺς Ἀμφικτύονας, 59.98.
4) Der aor.2 in der Form λέλαχον hat bei Hom. die faktitive Bdtg : Einen einer Sache teilhaftig werden lassen, ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες – λελάχωσι θανόντα, Il. 22.342, wie 15.349 ; ἐπήν με πυρὸς λελάχητε, 23.75, wo die Alten geradezu θάψητε erklären. Dieselbe Form ist aber = ἔλαχον, Procl. 6 (VII.341), αἴθε δὲ καὶ ψυχὰς χῶρος ἕεις λελάχοι.

λαγχάνω

Aor. ἔλαχον Il. 9.367, Il. 15.190 : Od. 5.311. λάχον Il. 24.400.

3 sing. ἔλαχε Il. 15.191, 192. λάχε Il. 23.79, 354, 356, 357, 862.

1 pl. λάχομεν Il. 4.49, Il. 24.70.

3 pl. ἔλαχον Il. 10.430 : Od. 9.334.

3 sing. subj. λάχῃσι Il. 7.171. λάχῃ Il. 24.76.

Pple. λαχών Od. 5.40, Od. 13.138.

Acc. sing. masc. λαχόντα Il. 18.327.

Infin. λαχεῖν Il. 7.179.

2 pl. subj. aor. λελάχητε Il. 23.76.

3 pl. λελάχωσι Il. 7.80, Il. 15.350, Il. 22.343.

3 pl. pf. λελόγχᾶσι Od. 11.304.

• • 1

    To get, receive have assigned to one, as one’s lot or portion : ἅσσʼ ἔλαχόν γε Il. 9.367. Cf. Il. 4.49 = Il. 24.70, Il. 18.327 : λαχὼν ἀπὸ ληΐδος αἶσαν Od. 5.40 = Od. 13.138, τιμὴν λελόγχασιν ἶσα θεοῖσιν (enjoy) Od. 11.304. Cf. Od. 14.233.

    With genit. : κτερέων Od. 5.311.

    Absol. : ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον Od. 20.282.

    Of one’s fate, to have power over (one) given to it, be destined to (one) : κήρ, ἥ πέρ [με] λάχε γιγνόμενόν περ Il. 23.79.

    To have a specified post or position assigned to one : πρὸς θύμβρης ἔλαχον λύκιοι Il. 10.430.

  • 2

    To agree to receive, receive, accept.

    With genit. : δώρων Il. 24.76.

  • 3

    To get or have assigned to one by lot : ἔλαχον ἅλα ναιέμεν (wherein to dwell) παλλομένων Il. 15.190. Cf. Il. 15.191, 192.

    To have it fall on or be assigned to one by lot to do.

    With infin. : τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ μηριόνης λάχʼ ἐλαυνέμεν Il. 23.356. Cf. Il. 23.357, Il. 24.400.

    Absol., to have the lot fall upon one : μετὰ τὸν λάχʼ εὔμηλος Il. 23.354. Cf. Il. 7.171, 179, Il. 23.862 : Od. 9.334.

  • 4

    To fall to one’s lot : ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες Od. 9.160.

  • 5

    In redup. aor., to give (one) his due of.

    With genit. : ὄφρα πυρός με λελάχωσιν Il. 7.80 = Il. 22.343. Cf. Il. 15.350, Il. 23.76.

λαγχάνω (aor. ἔλᾰχον, ἔλᾰχες, (ἔ)λᾰχε, ἐλᾰχομεν, λᾰχετε, λᾰχον; λᾰχών, -όντ-(α), -όντες, -οῖσα, -οῖσαι: pf. λέλογχας, λέλογχε(ν).)

• • a have alloted to one, win as oneʼs own c. acc. υἱόν· ἃν Θέμις θυγάτηρ τέ οἱ σώτειρα λέλογχεν μεγαλόδοξος Εὐνομία schema pindaricum O. 9.15 τίς δὴ ποταίνιον ἔλαχε στέφανον χείρεσσι ποσίν τε καὶ ἅρματι O. 10.61 ὅτι φρενῶν ἔλαχε καρπὸν ἀμώμητον (sc. Ῥαδάμανθυς) P. 2.74 ἕτεροι λαχόντες Ἀίδαν βασιλέες ἱεροὶ P. 5.96 ὁ δὲ καλόν τι νέον λαχὼν P. 8.88 τῶν δʼ ἐν Ἑλλάδι τερπνῶν λαχόντες οὐκ ὀλίγαν δόσιν P. 10.20 ποτίφορον δὲ κόσμον ἔλαχες γλυκύ τι γαρυέμεν (Bergk e Σ: ἔλαβες codd.) N. 3.31 ἄνευ σέθεν οὐ φάος οὐ μέλαιναν δρακέντες εὐφρόναν τεὰν ἀδελφεὰν ἐλάχομεν ἀγλαόγυιον Ἥβαν N. 7.4 φυᾷ δʼ ἕκαστος διαφέρομεν βιοτὰν λαχόντες N. 7.54 ἴστω λαχὼν πρὸς δαιμόνων θαυμαστὸν ὄλβον N. 9.45 παῖ Ῥέας ἅ τε πρυτανεῖα λέλογχας, Ἑστία N. 11.1 οὐ γὰρ φύσιν ὠαριωνείαν ἔλαχεν I. 4.49 πλέον τι λαχών (sc. Ζεύς) fr. 35a. ἰσοδένδρου τέκμαρ αἰῶνος θεόφραστον λαχοῖσα (v. l. λαχοῦσαι: sc. dryad nymph.) fr. 165. Μοίσαισί τʼ ἔδωκ ἀρόσαι, τρὶς μὲν ἐν πόντοιο πύλαισι λαχών, τρὶς δὲ καὶ σεμνοῖς δαπέδοις ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ (sc. στεφάνους) N. 10.27 c. dupl. acc., (Ἡρακλέα) ἡσυχίαν καμάτων μεγάλων ποινὰν λαχόντʼ ἐξαίρετον ὀλβίοις ἐν δώμασι N. 1.70 c. acc. & inf. expl., λάχε τʼ Ἀλφεὸν οἰκεῖν O. 6.34 λέλογχε δὲ μεμφομένοις ἐσλοὺς ὕδωρ καπνῷ φέρειν ἀντίον (sc. Χρομίος: v. Radt, Mnem., 1966, 154ff.) N. 1.24 met., πλοῦτος ὁ λαχὼν ποιμένα ἐπακτὸν ἀλλότριον O. 10.88 Ἥρας τὰν Διὸς εὐναὶ λάχον πολυγαθέες P. 2.27 ἀκέρδεια λέλογχεν θαμινὰ κακαγόρους O. 1.53
  • b c. gen. Καφισίων ὑδάτων λαχοῖσαι Χάριτες O. 14.2 Δωρίων ἔλαχεν σελίνων I. 8.64 <οὐ πενθέων δʼ ἔλαχον, οὐ στασίων> (supp. et add. e cod. Plutarchi et Σ Π Blass) Πα. 4. 53. ἰοδέτων λάχετε στεφάνων τᾶν τʼ ἐαριδρόπων ἀοιδᾶν (sc. θεοί: λάχει v. l. in codd. Dion. Hal., unde λαχεῖν coni. Usener) fr. 75. 6.
  • c frag. ]λάχον κ[ fr. 140a. 76 (50).

λαγχάνω , aor. ἔλαχον, λάχεν, redupl. subj. λελάχητε, perf. λέλογχεν: obtain by lot or by destiny, obtain, receive; abs., Il. 7.171; reversing the usual relation, Κὴρ λάχε γεινόμενον, ‘won me to her power at my birth,’ Il. 23.79; w. part. gen., Il. 24.76, Od. 5.311; causative, ‘put in possession of,’ ‘honor with,’ θανόντα πυρός, only with redupl. aor., *h 80, etc.; intrans., ‘fall by lot,’ Od. 9.160.

λαγχάνω from Root !λαχ

• • Ic.acc. to obtain by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods, Hom.; with inf. added, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν I had the sea for my portion to dwell in, says Poseidon, Il.; ἔλαχʼ ἄναξ δούλην σʼ ἔχειν Eur.:—of the genius presiding over oneʼs life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ λάχε Il.; esp. in perf. to be the tutelary deity of a place, to protect it, θεοῖσιν, οἳ Περσίδα γῆν λελόγχασι Hdt.:—absol., πρὸς Θύμβρης ἔλαχον Λύκιοι had their post assigned near Thymbra, Il.
  • • 2of public officers, to obtain an office by lot (v. κύαμος ΙΙ) ; ἀρχὴν λαχεῖν, opp. to χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), Ar.; so, c. inf., ὁ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, Hdt.; οἱ λαχόντες βουλευταί (sc. εἶναι), Oratt.; and absol., οἱ λαχόντες those on whom the lot fell, Thuc.
    • 3as Attic law-term, λαγχάνειν δίκην to obtain leave to bring on a suit, Plat., Oratt.; and (without δίκην) λαγχάνειν τινι to bring an action against one, Oratt.
  • IIc. gen. partit. to get oneʼs share of, become possessed of, Hom., Attic
  • IIIabsol. to draw (i. e. obtain) the lot, Od.: cast lots, NTest.
  • IVCausal Epic redupl. aor. λέλαχον, to put in possession of a thing, πυρὸς λελαχεῖν τινα to grant one the right of funeral fire, Il.
  • Vintr. to fall to oneʼs lot or share, Od., Eur.