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πότμος πότμος, ὁ, !πετ, Root of πίπτω that which befals one, oneʼs lot, destiny: commonly of evil destiny, death, of the killer, πότμον ἐφεῖναι, or of the killed, πότμον ἐπισπεῖν, Hom.;—also in Pind. and Trag. without a sense of evil, π. συγγενής oneʼs natural gifts, Pind.; εὐτυχεῖ πότμῳ Aesch.; π. ξυνήθης πατρός my fatherʼs customary fortune, Soph. Penult. often short in Trag.

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that which befals one, one's lot, destiny

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πότμος

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ποτμος

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27175

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n27207

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po/tmos

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