λῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈlik.sis/ → /ˈlik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/

Noun

λῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension

1. determination or appointment by lot
2. portion assigned by lot, allotment
3. section of a body, determined by lot
4. (in the plural) fortunes, wealths
5. assigned sphere, world, province
6. 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
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ληξῐ́ᾰρχος (lēxíarkhos)

Etymology 2

From λήγω (lḗgō, “to leave off, cease”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈlik.sis/ → /ˈlik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̂ːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝k.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlik.sis/

Noun

λῆξῐς • (lêxis) f (genitive λήξεως); third declension

1. cessation, ceasing
2. death, decay
3. termination, suffix
4. end, extremity

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῆξῐς; τῆς λήξεως (Attic)

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

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