According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʰ- (“to obtain”), the same root of λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “to obtain by lot”) and λόγχη (lónkhē, “share”).
λᾰ́χος • (lắkhos) n (genitive λᾰ́χεος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lắkhos |
τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lắkhee |
τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tằ lắkheă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́χεος toû lắkheos |
τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lăkhéoin |
τῶν λᾰχέων tôn lăkhéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λᾰ́χεῐ̈ tôi lắkheĭ̈ |
τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lăkhéoin |
τοῖς λᾰ́χεσῐ / λᾰ́χεσῐν toîs lắkhesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lắkhos |
τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lắkhee |
τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tằ lắkheă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́χος lắkhos |
λᾰ́χεε lắkhee |
λᾰ́χεᾰ lắkheă | ||||||||||
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