λαγχάνω

λαγχάνω, [tense] fut.

A

λήξομαι Pl.R.617e

; [dialect] Ion. λάξομαι (cf. λάξις) Hdt.7.144: [tense] aor.

ἔλᾰχον Il.9.367

, etc.; [dialect] Ep.

ἔλλαχον h.Cer.87

, v.l. for ἔλλαβεν in Theoc.25.271; [dialect] Ep.

λάχον Il.4.49

, al.; [dialect] Aeol. opt. [ per.] 1sg.

λαχόην Sapph.9

(

λαχοίην A.D. Synt.247.25

); for λέλᾰχον v. infr. IV: [tense] pf.

εἴληχα A.Th.376

, 423, etc.: [tense] plpf.

εἰλήχει Pl.Phd.107d

; poet. and [dialect] 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 [dialect] Att. Prose; [ per.] 3pl. λελογχᾰσι ([etym.] ν) Od.11.304, Emp.102, but

λελᾰχᾱσι Id.115.5

; part.

λελαχώς Phld.D.1.17

; [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3sg.

λελόγχει Theoc.4.40

: [tense] plpf.

ἐλελόγχει Luc. Am.18

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐλήχθην Lys.17.8

, Is.9.24, D.38.20: [tense] pf.

εἴληγμαι E.Tr.296

, D.30.34; [ per.] 3pl.

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 one's 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.);

ἔλαχ' ἄναξ δούλην σ' ἔχειν E.Tr.278

, cf. 282 (lyr.); of a deity as presiding over one's 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 [tense] 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 ἐνθάδ' 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 Δύκιοι 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 IG12.91.21

; 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 Lexap.And.1.96: abs., κληρούχους τοὺς λαχόντας those on whom the lot fell, Th.3.50, cf. Pl.Lg. 765c;

τοὺς λαχόντας προέδρους SIG465.6

(Athens, iii B. C.); rare exc. in Athens, λαχὼν ἱερεύς ib.762.12 (Dionysopolis, i B. C.), etc.

3 as [dialect] 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 Euctemon's 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 son's 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

:—[voice] 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.OC450

; 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.OC790

;

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 [dialect] Ep. redupl. [tense] 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 [tense] aor. is used intr. in AP7.341 (Procl.).

V intr., fall to one's 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

.