λῆξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
Noun
λῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension
- determination or appointment by lot
- portion assigned by lot, allotment
- section of a body, determined by lot
- (in the plural) fortunes, wealths
- assigned sphere, world, province
- written complaint lodged with the archon, as the first step in private actions
Declension
Third declension of ἡ λῆξῐς; τῆς λήξεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῆξῐς hē lêxis | τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei | αἱ λήξεις hai lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λήξεως tês lḗxeōs | τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin | τῶν λήξεων tôn lḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λήξει têi lḗxei | τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin | ταῖς λήξεσῐ / λήξεσῐν taîs lḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῆξῐν tḕn lêxin | τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei | τᾱ̀ς λήξεις tā̀s lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῆξῐ lêxi | λήξει lḗxei | λήξεις lḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ληξῐ́ᾰρχος (lēxíarkhos)
Etymology 2
From λήγω (lḗgō, “to leave off, cease”) + -σῐς (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlik.sis/
Noun
λῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension
- cessation, ceasing
- death, decay
- termination, suffix
- end, extremity
Declension
Third declension of ἡ λῆξῐς; τῆς λήξεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῆξῐς hē lêxis | τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei | αἱ λήξεις hai lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λήξεως tês lḗxeōs | τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin | τῶν λήξεων tôn lḗxeōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λήξει têi lḗxei | τοῖν ληξέοιν toîn lēxéoin | ταῖς λήξεσῐ / λήξεσῐν taîs lḗxesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῆξῐν tḕn lêxin | τὼ λήξει tṑ lḗxei | τᾱ̀ς λήξεις tā̀s lḗxeis | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῆξῐ lêxi | λήξει lḗxei | λήξεις lḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ληξῐπῠ́ρετος (lēxipúretos)
- ληξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (lēxiphármakon)
- ληξῐ́φωτος (lēxíphōtos)
Descendants
- Greek: λήξη (líxi)
Further reading
- “λῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λῆξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette