The corpus record

λάχος

lachos · τό

allotted portion

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Where it lives

Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

allotted portion

allotted portion:

1 lot, destiny

lot, destiny, Thgn. 592, S. Ant. 1303 (so Bothe for λέχος).

2 appointed office

appointed office, A. Ch. 361 (lyr.), Eu. 334 (lyr.): pl., ib. 310 (anap.), 347, 386 (both lyr.).

II portion obtained by lot, share

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.).

In the wild

λάχος · lachos Aeschylus, Eumenides 334–338
λάχος · lachos Aeschylus, Eumenides 397–402
λάχει · lachei Aeschylus, Eumenides 4–6
λάχος · lachos Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 360–362
λάχεσίν · lachesin Herodotus, Histories 9.43.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9625)
λάχος · lachos Sophocles, Antigone 1301–1305

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Where it came from

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