μοῖρα
μοῖρα
μείρομαι
a part, portion, Hom.
a division of a people, Hdt.
a political party, Lat. partes, Hdt., Eur.
the part, portion, share which falls to one, in the distribution of booty, Hom.; or of a meal, Od.; ἡ τοῦ πατρὸς μοῖρα oneʼs patrimony, ap. Dem.
in various phrases, οὐδʼ αἰδοῦς μοῖραν ἔχουσιν has no part in shame, Od.; τέσσαρας μοίρας ἔχον ἐμοί filling the place of four relations to me, Aesch.
oneʼs portion in life, lot, fate, destiny, Hom., etc.; ἡ πεπρωμένη μ. Hdt.; μοῖρʼ ἐστι, c. inf., ʼtis oneʼs fate, Hom.; ἔσχε μοῖρʼ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν ʼtwas his fate to die, Soph.;— μ. βιότοιο oneʼs portion or measure of life, Il.; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il.; ἀγαθῇ μοίρᾳ by good luck, Eur.; θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, Xen.
like μόρος, manʼs appointed doom, i. e. death, Hom., Aesch.:— also the cause of death, Od.
that which is oneʼs due, Lat. quod fas est, κατὰ μοῖραν as is meet, rightly, Hom.; opp. to παρὰ μοῖραν, Od.; μοῖραν νέμειν τινί to give one his due, Soph.
respect, esteem, ἐν οὐδεμίᾳ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἄγειν τινά to hold one in no great respect, Hdt.; ἐν μείζονι μ. εἶναι Plat.
with a gen. almost periphr., μ. φρενῶν, for φρένες, Aesch.; ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ προσετέθη it was accounted manly, Thuc.; ἐν πολεμίου μοίρᾳ as if he were an enemy, Dem.
Μοῖρα, as prop. n., the goddess of fate, the Roman Parca, Hom.; later, there were three, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, Hes.
Μοῖραι, of the Furies, Aesch.
Headword (normalized):
μοῖρα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μοιρα
Intro Text:
μοῖρα
μείρομαι
a part, portion, Hom.
a division of a people, Hdt.
a political party, Lat. partes, Hdt., Eur.
the part, portion, share which falls to one, in the distribution of booty, Hom.; or of a meal, Od.; ἡ τοῦ πατρὸς μοῖρα oneʼs patrimony, ap. Dem.
in various phrases, οὐδʼ αἰδοῦς μοῖραν ἔχουσιν has no part in shame, Od.; τέσσαρας μοίρας ἔχον ἐμοί filling the place of four relations to me, Aesch.
oneʼs portion in life, lot, fate, destiny, Hom., etc.; ἡ πεπρωμένη μ. Hdt.; μοῖρʼ ἐστι, c. inf., ʼtis oneʼs fate, Hom.; ἔσχε μοῖρʼ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν ʼtwas his fate to die, Soph.;— μ. βιότοιο oneʼs portion or measure of life, Il.; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il.; ἀγαθῇ μοίρᾳ by good luck, Eur.; θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, Xen.
like μόρος, manʼs appointed doom, i. e. death, Hom., Aesch.:— also the cause of death, Od.
that which is oneʼs due, Lat. quod fas est, κατὰ μοῖραν as is meet, rightly, Hom.; opp. to παρὰ μοῖραν, Od.; μοῖραν νέμειν τινί to give one his due, Soph.
respect, esteem, ἐν οὐδεμίᾳ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἄγειν τινά to hold one in no great respect, Hdt.; ἐν μείζονι μ. εἶναι Plat.
with a gen. almost periphr., μ. φρενῶν, for φρένες, Aesch.; ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ προσετέθη it was accounted manly, Thuc.; ἐν πολεμίου μοίρᾳ as if he were an enemy, Dem.
Μοῖρα, as prop. n., the goddess of fate, the Roman Parca, Hom.; later, there were three, Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos, Hes.
Μοῖραι, of the Furies, Aesch.
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