Sense

1. to obtain by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods, I had, for my portion, to be the tutelary deity of, to protect it, had their post assigned
2. to obtain, by lot, he who had the lot, those on whom the lot fell
3. to obtain leave to bring on, to bring an action
4. to get one's share of, become possessed of
5. to draw, the lot, cast lots
6. to put in possession of, to grant, the right
7. to fall to one's lot or share

Examples

• ὅταν δὲ μὴ εἰδῇ τὸν ποιήσαντα, τῷ δράσαντι λαγχάνει, δικάζει δ’ ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ οἱ φυλοβασιλεῖσ, καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἀψύχων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 57 4:4)
• ἡ μὲν σύγκλητοσ ἀπέδωκε τῷ δήμῳ τὴν ψῆφον, ὁ δὲ δῆμοσ ἀπέδειξεν αὑτὸν ὕπατον μετὰ Σέξτου Αἰλίου, καίπερ οὔπω τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονότα, Κλήρῳ δὲ λαγχάνει τὸν πρὸσ Φίλιππον καὶ Μακεδόνασ πόλεμον, εὐτυχίᾳ τινὶ τῶν Ῥωμαίων συλλαχὼν πράγμασι καὶ ἀνθρώποισ οὐ πάντα πολέμῳ καὶ βίᾳ χρωμένου δεομένοισ ἄρχοντοσ, ἀλλὰ πειθοῖ καὶ . (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 2 2:1)
• ἐκ τούτων, οὐδὲ φύσει χρηστὸσ ὢν ἅνθρωποσ δῆλον ὅτι, ἐπὶ τούτουσ ἀποκλίνει, καὶ συγχωρεῖ τὴν δίκην ἔρημον ὀφλεῖν, ἣν οὗτοσ αὐτῷ λαγχάνει τότε, ὅτ’ οὔπω ταὔτ’ ἐφρόνουν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 37:2)
• Νόμοσ τοῦτο τοίνυν ἐμοῦ παραγεγραμμένου πρὸσ τῇ ἄλλῃ παραγραφῇ, καὶ οὐκ ὄντων εἰσαγωγέων τῶν θεσμοθετῶν ὑπὲρ ὧν λαγχάνει Πανταίνετοσ, ἐξαλήλιπται καὶ οὐ πρόσεστι τῇ παραγραφῇ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 56:5)
• " γνοὺσ ταῦτα Καλλίασ λαγχάνει τῷ υἱεῖ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ τῆσ ἐπικλήρου, τῇ δεκάτῃ ἱσταμένου, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιδικάσωμαι ἐγώ. (Andocides, Speeches, 195:1)

Similar forms

• λαγχάνειν (22)
• λαγχάνει (19)
• λαγχάνων (4)
• λαγχάνουσι (3)
• λαγχάνῃ (3)
• λαγχάνοντα (3)
• λάγχανον (2)
• λαγχάνον (1)
• λαγχάνοι (1)
• λαγχάνοντά (1)
• λαγχάνουσί (1)
• λαγχάνομεν (1)
• λαγχάνεται (1)
• λαγχανούσῃ (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.