λῆξις(A),εως,ἡ, Ion.
λάξις(q.v.), (λαγχάνω)
A. determinationorappointment by lot, ἀρχῆς
Pl. Lg. 765d
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2. portion assigned by lot, allotment, ib. 740a , 747e , Criti. 109c , 113b ; cf.λάξις.
b. sectionof a body, determined by lot, Arist. Ath. 30.3 , 31.3 .
c. pl.,fortunes, αἱ διάφοροι τῆς ἀνθρωπείας ψυχῆς λήξεις
Simp.
in de An.
4.6 .
3. without the notion of lot or chance,assigned sphere, θεῶν καὶ τῶν εἰς θείαν λῆξιν πορευθέντων
Jul. Or. 6.187c
;ἡ ἑτέρα λ.the otherworld, Hld. 2.24 ;ἡ ἑῴα λ.the easternpart of the empire, Procop. Gaz. Pan. 497.3 ;ἡ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς λ.thesphereof Athena, Lib. Or. 12.36 , Decl. 1.175 , Ep. 1065.3 ;province,τὰς λ. [τῶν θεῶν] Herm. in Phdr. p.74A. ;dwelling-place,εἰ . . αἱ λ. τῶν ψυχῶν . . ὑποσέληνοί εἰσινib. p.104A.