Λάχεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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

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.
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