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 • (lákhos) n (genitive λᾰ́χεος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lákhos |
τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lákhee |
τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tà lákhea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́χεος toû lákheos |
τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lakhéoin |
τῶν λᾰχέων tôn lakhéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λᾰ́χεῐ̈ tôi lákheï |
τοῖν λᾰχέοιν toîn lakhéoin |
τοῖς λᾰ́χεσῐ / λᾰ́χεσῐν toîs lákhesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λᾰ́χος tò lákhos |
τὼ λᾰ́χεε tṑ lákhee |
τᾰ̀ λᾰ́χεᾰ tà lákhea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́χος lákhos |
λᾰ́χεε lákhee |
λᾰ́χεᾰ lákhea | ||||||||||
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