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

• ἐβουλόμην μέν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, μὴ λίαν οὕτωσ Ἁγνόθεον πρὸσ χρήματ’ ἔχειν αἰσχρῶσ, ὥστε τοῖσ ἀλλοτρίοισ ἐπιβουλεύειν καὶ δίκασ τοιαύτασ λαγχάνειν, ἀλλ’ ὄντα γε οὖν ἀδελφιδοῦν ἐμὸν καὶ κύριον τῆσ πατρῴασ οὐσίασ οὐ μικρᾶσ ἀλλ’ ἱκανῆσ ὥστε καὶ λειτουργεῖν, ὑφ’ ἡμῶν αὐτῷ παραδοθείσησ, ταύτησ ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, τῶν δ’ ἐμῶν μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 83)
• τί φέρτερον ἢ θεοῖσιν φίλον ἐόντα παντο[δα]πῶν λαγχάνειν ἄπο μοῖρα[ν ἐσ]θλῶν; (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 4 Pu/qia.> 2:9)
• κληροῦσι δὲ καὶ <τοὺσ> τετταράκοντα, τέτταρασ ἐκ τῆσ φυλῆσ ἑκάστησ, πρὸσ οὓσ τὰσ ἄλλασ δίκασ λαγχάνουσιν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 53 1:1)
• 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)
• καὶ γὰρ ἄρχουσι καὶ δικάζουσι καὶ συμβουλεύουσι καὶ νομοθετοῦσι καὶ κολάζουσι καὶ τιμῶσιν ὡσ πόλεων οὐσῶν ἐν αἷσ πολιτεύονται, βουλευτῶν δὲ καὶ δικαστῶν ἀεὶ τῶν λαγχανόντων, στρατηγῶν δὲ τῶν χειροτονουμένων, νόμων δὲ τῶν Κλεισθένουσ καὶ Λυκούργου καὶ Σόλωνοσ, οὓσ φαύλουσ καὶ ἀνοήτουσ γεγονέναι λέγουσιν. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 32)

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.