λάχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʰ- (“to obtain”), the same root of λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) and λόγχη (lónkhē, “share”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.xos/
Noun
λᾰ́χος • (lákhos) n (genitive λᾰ́χεος); third declension
- lot, destiny, fate
- portion obtained by lot, share
- appointed office
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ λᾰ́χος; τοῦ λᾰ́χεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lákhos | τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lákhee | τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tà lákhea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́χεος toû lákheos | τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lakhéoin | τῶν λᾰχέων tôn lakhéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰ́χεῐ̈ tôi lákheï | τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lakhéoin | τοῖς λᾰ́χεσῐ / λᾰ́χεσῐν toîs lákhesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lákhos | τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lákhee | τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tà lákhea | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰ́χος lákhos | λᾰ́χεε lákhee | λᾰ́χεᾰ lákhea | ||||||||||
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References
- λάχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN