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11Lachesis — LACHĔSIS, is, Gr. Λάχεσις, εως, (⇒ Tab. I.) eine der drey Parcen, welche den Namen von λαγχάνειν, losen, hat, entweder, weil einem jeden Menschen sein Schicksal alsofort bey seiner Geburt zugetheilet wird; Phurnut. de N.D. c. 13. oder doch einem… …
12LACHESIS — una Parcarum, colum vitae tenens, nente Clo. tho. Sors Latinis, ἀπὸ τοῦ λαγχάνειν. Lil Girald. Hesiod. in Theog. Iuv. l. 1. Sat. 3. v. 27. Dum superest Lachesi quod torqueat …
13Lachesis — {{Lachesis}} Eine der Moiren*, die den Menschen ihre Lebenszeit zuteilt …
14 Lachesis — Lachesis …
15Lachesis —   Lachesis …
16Lachésis — Moires Pour les articles homonymes, voir Moires (homonymie). Le Triomphe de la mort ou les Trois Destinées …
17Lachesis — /lach euh sis/, n. Class. Myth. the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life. [ < L < Gk, personification of láchesis destiny, equiv. to lache(în) to happen or obtain by lot + sis SIS] * * * …
18Lachesis — Lach·e·sis lak ə səs n a genus of American pit vipers comprising the bushmaster and related snakes that are sometimes included in the genus Trimeresurus Each boldface word in the list below is a variant of the word to its right in small capitals …
19Lachesis — From Greek mythology, one of the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called… …
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20Lachesis muta — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
