Λάχεσις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “obtain by lot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.kʰe.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.kʰe.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/
Proper noun
Λάχεσις • (Lákhesis) f (genitive Λᾰχέσεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Λᾰ́χεσῐς hē Lákhesis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Λᾰχέσεως tês Lakhéseōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Λᾰχέσει têi Lakhései | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Λᾰ́χεσῐν tḕn Lákhesin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λᾰ́χεσῐ Lákhesi | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
See also
References
- “Λάχεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λάχεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λάχεσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- lachesis idem, page 473.