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

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.kʰos/ → /ˈla.xos/ → /ˈla.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.xos/

Noun

λᾰ́χος • (lákhos) n (genitive λᾰ́χεος); third declension

1. lot, destiny, fate
2. portion obtained by lot, share
3. appointed office

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λᾰ́χος; τοῦ λᾰ́χεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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