lanchanamō

λαγχάνω,
future λήξομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect λάξομαι (compare λάξις) Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔλᾰχον Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἔλλαχον Refs 3rd c.BC+; Epic dialect λάχον Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect optative 1st pers. singular λαχόην Refs 7th c.BC+; for λέλᾰχον see infr. IV: perfect εἴληχα Refs 4th c.BC+: pluperfect εἰλήχει Refs 5th c.BC+; poetry and Ionic dialect λέλογχα Refs 5th c.BC+, but not in early Attic dialect Prose; 3rd.pers. plural λελογχᾰσι (ν) Refs 8th c.BC+; participle λελαχώς Refs 1st c.BC+; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. singular λελόγχει Refs 3rd c.BC+: pluperfect ἐλελόγχει Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, aorist ἐλήχθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect εἴληγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural λελάχαται Refs 5th c.AD+
I with accusative of things, obtain by lot, of spoils, opposed to ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, Refs 8th c.BC+: generally, obtain as one's portion, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive added, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν I had the sea for my portion to dwell in, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ.. λάχε γεινόμενόν περ Refs 8th c.BC+: also, especially in perfect, to be the tutelary deity of a place, protect it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον.. λέλογχε Refs 5th c.BC+; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently of persons who have a post assigned to them by lot, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι Refs 8th c.BC+: with infinitive, κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἕπεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+ had their post assigned near Thymbra, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ., Refs 4th c.BC+; λαχών alone, Refs 5th c.BC+; λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον have him assigned to one by lot, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 at Athens, obtain an office by lot, ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν, opposed to χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, Refs 5th c.BC+; λαχόντος βουλεύειν when I became Member of Council by lot, Refs 5th c.BC+ to be chosen by lot as one of.., Refs 4th c.BC+; λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ πεντακόσιοι [οἱ] λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ Legal cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ those on whom the lot fell, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 as Attic dialect law-term, λαγχάνειν δίκην obtain leave to bring a suit (especially a private suit), probably because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; λ. δίκην τινί against one, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην the person suing for the inheritance, Refs 4th c.BC+ he has claimed Euctemon's daughter.., Refs 5th c.BC+; also λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου prosecute the claim on his son's behalf, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν Refs 5th c.BC+ proceedings are taken, Refs
II with genitive partitive, become possessed of a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ Refs 8th c.BC+; γέννας ἀφθίτου λαχόντες Refs 5th c.BC+; πατρῴων οὐ λαχών not having obtained thy patrimony, Refs 5th c.BC+
III absolutely, draw lots, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη NT+5th c.BC+
IV causal only in Epic dialect reduplicate aorist λέλᾰχον, put in possession of a thing, grant one the rights of.., ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες.. λελάχωσι θανόντα Refs 8th c.BC+: later this aorist is used intransitive in Refs 5th c.AD+
V intransitive, fall to one's lot or share, ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες nine goats were allotted to each, Refs 8th c.BC+

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