Λάχεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to λαγχάνω (lankhánō, “obtain by lot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.kʰe.sis/ → /ˈla.çe.sis/ → /ˈla.çe.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.kʰe.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kʰe.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.çe.sis/

Proper noun

Λάχεσις • (Lákhesis) f (genitive Λᾰχέσεως); third declension

1. Lachesis, one of the three Fates

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λᾰ́χεσῐς; τῆς Λᾰχέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾰ́χεσῐς hē Lákhesis
Genitive	τῆς Λᾰχέσεως tês Lakhéseōs
Dative	τῇ Λᾰχέσει têi Lakhései
Accusative	τὴν Λᾰ́χεσῐν tḕn Lákhesin
Vocative	Λᾰ́χεσῐ Lákhesi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Lachesis
  • English: Lachesis

See also

• Ἄτροπος (Átropos)
• Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ)
• Μοῖρα (Moîra)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lachesis idem, page 473.