Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λάχος

Second declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λάχος

Etym.: lagxa/nw

Sense

  1. an allotted portion
  2. lot, portion, destiny, appointed office
  3. a portion obtained by lot, a lot, share, portion

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ λάχοσ ὀνομάζεται ἀριθμὸσ ἀνδρῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡγουμένου καὶ τῶν μετὰ τοῦτον τεταγμένων ἔστε ἐπὶ τὸν τελευταῖον κατὰ τὸ βάθοσ, ὃσ δὴ οὐραγὸσ καλεῖται. (Arrian, chapter 5 6:2)
  • ἡ δ’ ὀξυθήκτῳ βωμία περὶ ξίφει λύει κελαινὰ βλέφαρα, κωκύσασα μὲν τοῦ πρὶν θανόντοσ Μεγαρέωσ κλεινὸν λάχοσ, αὖθισ δὲ τοῦδε, λοίσθιον δὲ σοὶ κακὰσ πράξεισ ἐφυμνήσασα τῷ παιδοκτόνῳ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 25)
  • ἀπεόντοσ δ’ οὔτισ ἔνδειξεν λάχοσ Αἐλίου· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 20:1)
  • εἰ μὲν θάνατόν τε φυγὼν καὶ γῆρασ ἀπεχθόμενον αὐτὸσ Οὔλυμπον θέλεισ <ναίειν ἐμοὶ> σύν τ’ Ἀθαναίᾳ κελαινεγχεῖ τ’ Ἄρει, ἔστι τοι τούτων λάχοσ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 28:4)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ λάχοσ διανταία Μοῖρ’ ἐπέκλωσεν ἐμπέδωσ ἔχειν, θνατῶν τοῖσιν αὐτουργίαι ξυμπέσωσιν μάταιοι, τοῖσ ὁμαρτεῖν, ὄφρ’ ἂν γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. an allotted portion

  2. lot

  3. a portion obtained by lot

Related

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

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