λαγχάνω , aor. ἔλαχον, λάχεν, redupl. subj. λελάχητε, perf. λέλογχεν: obtain by lot or by destiny,
obtain, receive; abs., Il.
7.171; reversing the usual relation, Κὴρ λάχε γεινόμενον, ‘won me to her power at
my birth,’ Il. 23.79; w.
part. gen., Il. 24.76, Od. 5.311; causative, ‘put in
possession of,’ ‘honor with,’ θανόντα πυρός, only with redupl. aor., *h 80, etc.; intrans., ‘fall by
lot,’ Od. 9.160.