λάχος

lachos

allotted portion

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 5
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Book X 5
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617c3
617c4
617c8
617d2
620d7
Laws 1
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Book XII 1
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960c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάχος [ᾰ], εος, τό, (λᾰχεῖν) A. allotted portion: 1. lot, destiny, Thgn. 592, S. Ant. 1303 (so Bothe for λέχος). 2. appointed office, A. Ch. 361 (lyr.), Eu. 334 (lyr.): pl., ib.310 (anap.), 347, 386 (both lyr.). II. portion obtained by lot, share, Pi. O. 7.58, N. 10.85, A. Eu. 400, X. An. 5.3.9; ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ λ., = τὸ τρίτον or τρίτως, A. Eu. 5; νυκτὸς τρίτατον λ. Mosch. 2.2, cf. A.R. 1.1082; ἤματος Id. 3.1340.—Poet. word, used by X., and found in dialects, τῶν χρημάτων τὸ λ. IG 5(2).262.20 (Mantinea, v B.C.), cf. Schwyzer 289.88 (Rhodian, ii B.C.).

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