The corpus record

Λάχεσις

*lachesis · ἡ

Lachesis, Disposer of lots, distribution

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Republic 7 · 0.79/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. Λάχεσις · Lachesis

Disposer of lots, distribution

Disposer of lots, Hes. Th. 218, Sc. 258, Pi. O. 7.64, etc.; as the goddess of distribution, Plu. QConv. 2.644a, cf. Arist. Mu. 401b20.

II lot, destiny

as Appellat., lot, destiny, Bacis ap. Hdt. 9.43: pl., Μοιρῶν Λαχέσεων IG 5(1).602.8 (Sparta, iii A.D.).

2. λάχ-ησις · lach-ēsis

= λάχεσις II, Sch. Lyc. 1141.

In the wild

Λάχεσις · Lachesis Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 174)
Λάχεσίς · Lachesis Shield of Heracles 258
Λάχεσίν · Lachesin Theogony 217–220
Λάχεσίν · Lachesin Theogony 901–906
Λάχεσιν · Lachesin Plato, Laws 960
Λάχεσιν · Lachesin Plato, Republic 10.617 (DIORISIS sentence 6327)

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Where it came from

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