λῆξις

λῆξις (A), εως, ἡ, Ion. λάξις (q.v.), (λαγχάνω)

• determination or appointment by lot, ἀρχῆς Pl. Lg. 765d.
• • • 2 portion assigned by lot, allotment, ib. 740a, 747e, Criti. 109c, 113b; cf. λάξις.
    • • b section of a body, determined by lot, Arist. Ath. 30.3, 31.3.
      • c pl., fortunes, αἱ διάφοροι τῆς ἀνθρωπείας ψυχῆς λήξεις Simp. in de An. 4.6.
    • 3 without the notion of lot or chance, assigned sphere, θεῶν καὶ τῶν εἰς θείαν λῆξιν πορευθέντων Jul. Or. 6.187c; ἡ ἑτέρα λ. the other world, Hld. 2.24; ἡ ἑῴα λ. the eastern part of the empire, Procop. Gaz.Pan. 497.3; ἡ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς λ. the sphere of Athena, Lib. Or. 12.36, Decl. 1.175, Ep. 1065.3; province, τὰς λ. [τῶν θεῶν] Herm. in Phdr. p.74A.; dwelling-place, εἰ . . αἱ λ. τῶν ψυχῶν . . ὑποσέληνοί εἰσιν ib. p.104A.
  • II as law-term, λ. δίκης or λ. alone, written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step in private actions, nearly, = ἔγκλημα, Pl. R. 425d, Is. 11.10, Aeschin. 1.63, cf. λαγχάνω I.3; very rarely of public actions, as in D. 39.17.
  • • 2 λ. τοῦ κλήρου, an application to the Archon (required of all except direct descendants) to be put in legal possession of an inheritance, τοῦ κλήρου λαχεῖν τὴν λ. ἠξίωσεν Is. 3.2, cf. Arist. Ath. 43.4.

λῆξις (B), εως, ἡ, (λήγω)

• cessation, μόχθων, ἀνέμων, A. Eu. 505 (lyr.), A.R. 1.1086; of the flow of a river, Ph. 1.175; τῆς ἐνεργείας λῆξιν λαμβανούσης Gal. Phil.Hist. 17, cf. M.Ant. 9.21.
• • • 2 death, decase, PMasp. 19.6 (vi A.D.), etc.
  • II Gramm., termination, A.D. Synt. 104.28; λ. ἡ εἰς ς̄ Id. Adv. 195.27.
  • III end, extremity, τοῦ κόλου Sor. 1.7.

1. λῆξις -εως, ἡ [λαγχάνω]
🄰 drawing by lot, draw Plat. Leg. 765d ‖ share or portion assigned by lot, distribution, lot Plat. Leg. 740a, 747e etc.; νεῖμαι τοὺς ἄλλους πρὸς τὴν λῆξιν ἑκάστην to distribute the others in each section Aristot. Ath. 30.3; ὅσα τὴν ὑγρὰν καθ’ ὕδατος εἴληχεν λῆξιν the creatures that have been allotted an aquatic life Luc. Am. 22; εἰς τὴν ἑτέραν λῆξιν for another destiny (or residence, state cf. infra), i.e. for the other world Hld. 2.24.6

🄱 share, portion, assigned or attributed domain without any kind of draw, delegated residence Aristot. Mund. 401b 20 Lib. Or. 12.36 etc.

🄲 Att. jur. λ. δίκης or abs. λ. written accusation presented to the Archons in a private suit Plat. Rp. 425d Is. 11.10 Aeschn. 1.63 | rar. in public cases Demosth. 39.17 ‖ λ. τοῦ κλήρου request to enter into possession of an inheritance Is. 3.2.

2. λῆξις -εως, ἡ [λήγω] cessation, end Aeschl. Eum. 505 Ap. 1.1086 etc. ‖ boundary, limit (geogr.) Max.² epist. 44; εἰς λῆξιν ( abs. or with τινος) right to the limit, at the summit (of sthg.) Cyr.¹ Is. 2.65A, al. = πρὸς λῆξιν Cyr.¹ Ador. 1.202B; λῆξίν τινος as far as sthg. Proc. Oct. Gen. 87.100B ‖ gramm. ending Ap.⁷ Synt. 104.28, al. ‖ stillness Bas.¹ VTh. 1 (85.485A).

2. λῆξις -εως, ἡ [λήγω] einde: λῆξις μόχθων het einde van de beproevingen Aeschl. Eum. 505.

λῆξις ¹, ἡ (λαγχάνω), das Losen, Plat. Legg. V.747e ; App. B.C. 4.53 ; bes.
a) das Erhalten durch das Los, ἀρχῆς, Plat. Legg. VI.765d.
b) das durchs Los Zugefallene, der Anteil, μίαν ἄμφω λῆξιν εἰλήχατον Plat. Critia. 109c, Folgde ; bes. Erbteil, Erbschaft, κλήρου λῆξιν λαχεῖν, Isae. 3.60 u. öfter ; Poll. 8.104.
c) δίκης, das Anhängigmachen einer Klage (vgl. λαγχάνειν), δικῶν, Isae. 11.10 ; Dem. 23.23 ; Plat. Rep. IV.425d u. öfter ; λήξεων δὲ περὶ δικῶν καὶ προσκλήσεων Legg. VIII.846b.

λῆξις ², ἡ (λήγω), das Aufhören, das Ende ; μόχθων, Aesch. Eum. 504 ; ἀνέμων, Ap.Rh. 1.1086.

λῆξις λήχομαι, fut. of λαγχάνω

• • Ia portion assigned by lot, an allotment, Plat.; cf. λάξις.
  • IIas law-term, λ. δίκης or λ. alone, a written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step to a lawsuit, Plat., Aeschin.

λῆξις2 λήγω

• cessation, Aesch.