"λάχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λάχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lá.kʰos/, /ˈla.xos/, /ˈla.xos/, /lá.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈla.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈla.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈla.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈla.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʰ- (“to obtain”), the same root of λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) and λόγχη (lónkhē, “share”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*lengʰ-||to obtain}} Proto-Indo-European *lengʰ- (“to obtain”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λᾰ́χος|λᾰ́χεος|n|third}} λᾰ́χος • (lắkhos) n (genitive λᾰ́χεος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λᾰ́χος|λᾰ́χεος|dial=att}} Forms: λᾰ́χος [canonical], lắkhos [romanization], λᾰ́χεος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ λᾰ́χος [nominative, singular], τὼ λᾰ́χεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ λᾰ́χεος [genitive, singular], τοῖν λᾰχέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λᾰχέων [genitive, plural], τῷ λᾰ́χεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν λᾰχέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς λᾰ́χεσῐ [dative, plural], λᾰ́χεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs lắkhesĭ [dative, plural], toîs lắkhesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ λᾰ́χος [accusative, singular], τὼ λᾰ́χεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ [accusative, plural], λᾰ́χος [singular, vocative], λᾰ́χεε [dual, vocative], λᾰ́χεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. lot, destiny, fate
    Sense id: en-λάχος-grc-noun-q2TmTjDF Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 42 29 29
  2. portion obtained by lot, share
    Sense id: en-λάχος-grc-noun-q4Juag81 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 25 55 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 75 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 83 9
  3. appointed office
    Sense id: en-λάχος-grc-noun-8ekbqqYe
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      "ipa": "/lá.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈla.xos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lá.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
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