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

• γραφαὶ δὲ καὶ δίκαι λαγχάνονται πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἃσ ἀνακρίνασ εἰσ τὸ δικαστήριον εἰσάγει, γονέων κακώσεωσ αὗται δ’ εἰσὶν ἀζήμιοι τῷ βουλομένῳ διώκειν, ὀρφανῶν κακώσεωσ αὗται δ’ εἰσὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων, ἐπικλήρου κακώσεωσ αὗται δ’ εἰσὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων καὶ τῶν συνοικούντων, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ κακώσεωσ εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ αὗται κατὰ τῶν ἐπιτρόπων, παρανοίασ, ἐάν τισ αἰτιᾶταί τινα παρανοοῦντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀπολλύναι, εἰσ δατητῶν αἱρ́εσιν, ἐάν τισ μὴ θέλῃ κοινὰ τὰ ὄντα νέμεσθαι, εἰσ ἐπιτροπῆσ κατάστασιν, εἰσ ἐπιτροπῆσ διαδικασίαν, εἰσ ἐμφανῶν κατάστασιν, ἐπίτροπον αὑτὸν ἐγγράψαι, κλήρων καὶ ἐπικλήρων ἐπιδικασίαι. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 56 6:1)
• γραφαὶ δὲ λαγχάνονται πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀσεβείασ, κἄν τισ ἰερωσύνησ ἀμφισβητῇ πρόσ τινα. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 57 2:1)
• λαγχάνονται δὲ καὶ αἱ τοῦ φόνου δίκαι πᾶσαι πρὸσ τοῦτον, καὶ ὁ προαγορεύων εἴργεσθαι τῶν νομίμων οὗτόσ ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 57 2:3)
• δίκαι δὲ λαγχάνονται πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἴδιαι μὲν αἵ τε τοῖσ μετοίκοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἰσοτελέσι καὶ τοῖσ προξένοισ γιγνόμεναι· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 58 2:1)

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.