Sense

1. a portion assigned by lot, an allotment
2. a written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step to a lawsuit

Examples

• τί δ’, εἴ τισ ἄλλη περὶ τοὔνομα γίγνοιτ’ ἢ λῆξισ δίκησ ἢ δόξ’ ὅλωσ ἀηδήσ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 20:1)
• πρώτη μὲν οὖν λῆξισ Ἄργοσ, δευτέρα <δὲ> Λακεδαίμων, τρίτη δὲ Μεσσήνη. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 8 4:2)
• ὁ γὰρ μήπω ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῷ Ἀρχιάδου ὤν, ὅθ’ ἡ λῆξισ αὕτη τοῦ κλήρου ἐγένετο, πῶσ ἂν εἰδείη τι τούτων; (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 65:2)

Similar forms

• λῆξιν (20)
• λῆξις (3)

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