πότμος
πότμος,
ὁ,(
πίπτω) poet. word,
A). that which befalls one, lot, destiny:
1). in
Hom. always of
evil destiny, esp. of
death; of the killer,
πότμον ἐφῆκε, ἐφήσω, Il. 4.396 ,
Od. 19.550 ; or of the killed,
πότμον ἐπισπεῖν Il. 6.412 ,
Od. 2.250 , al.;
θάνατον καὶ π. ἐπισπεῖν Il. 2.359 ,
20.337 , al.; also
θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν 7.52 ,
Od. 4.562 , al.;
ὀλόμην καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον 11.197 ;
αἴ κε θάνῃς καὶ πότμον ἀναπλήσῃς βιότοιο Il. 4.170 , cf.
11.263 ; also
πότμον ἐφάψαι, =
π. ἐφεῖναι ,
Pi. O. 9.60 , cf.
B. 5.158 , etc.;
πότμον ἀμπιπλάντες ὁμοῖον, of the Dioscuri who lived on alternate days,
Pi. N. 10.57 .
2). after
Hom. without a sense of evil,
π. συγγενής one's natural
gifts, ib.
5.40 ;
εὐτυχεῖ π. A. Pers. 709 ;
καλλίπαις π. Id. Ag. 762 (lyr.), cf.
1005 (lyr.);
π. ξυνήθης πατρός my father's customary
fortune, S. Tr. 88 ;
π. ἄποτμος E. Hipp. 1143 (lyr.);
τίνα ποτ’ Ἠλέκτρα πότμον εἴληχε βιότου; Id. IT 913 ;
θανεῖν ζηλωτὸς ἐν Ἑλλάδι π. Arist. Fr.Lyr. 6.4 .
II). personified,
Destiny, ὁ μέγας Π. Pi. P. 3.86 . [The first syll. long in
Hom., but sts. short in later poets,
IG 9(1).871 (Corc., iii B.C.),
Orph. A. 1291 ; commonly short in Trag., but long in
S. Tr. 88 ,
Fr. 871.1 .]
ShortDef
that which befals one, one's lot, destiny
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Headword (normalized):
πότμος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ποτμος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πότμος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">πίπτω</span>) poet. word, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that which befalls one, lot, destiny</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> always of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">evil destiny,</span> esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">death;</span> of the killer, <span class="foreign greek">πότμον ἐφῆκε, ἐφήσω,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.396 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:550" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.550/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.550 </a>; or of the killed, <span class="quote greek">πότμον ἐπισπεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:412" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.412/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.412 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.250/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.250 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">θάνατον καὶ π. ἐπισπεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:359" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.359/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.359 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:337" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.337/canonical-url/"> 20.337 </a>, al.; also <span class="quote greek">θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.52/canonical-url/"> 7.52 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:562" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.562/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.562 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ὀλόμην καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:197" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.197/canonical-url/"> 11.197 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἴ κε θάνῃς καὶ πότμον ἀναπλήσῃς βιότοιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.170 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:263" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.263/canonical-url/"> 11.263 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">πότμον ἐφάψαι,</span> = <span class="ref greek">π. ἐφεῖναι</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 9.60 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.158 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πότμον ἀμπιπλάντες ὁμοῖον,</span> of the Dioscuri who lived on alternate days, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.57 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> without a sense of evil, <span class="foreign greek">π. συγγενής</span> one\'s natural <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gifts,</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.40/canonical-url/"> 5.40 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὐτυχεῖ π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:709" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:709/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 709 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καλλίπαις π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:762" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:762/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 762 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1005" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1005/canonical-url/"> 1005 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">π. ξυνήθης πατρός</span> my father\'s customary <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fortune,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 88 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. ἄποτμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1143 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τίνα ποτ’ Ἠλέκτρα πότμον εἴληχε βιότου;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:913" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:913/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 913 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θανεῖν ζηλωτὸς ἐν Ἑλλάδι π.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.Lyr.</span> 6.4 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> personified, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Destiny,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὁ μέγας Π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.86 </a> . [The first syll. long in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, but sts. short in later poets, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(1).871 </span> (Corc., iii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:1291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:1291/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 1291 </a>; commonly short in Trag., but long in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 88 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:871:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:871.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 871.1 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}