αἶσα -ης, ἡ. Orig. sense measure. 1 αἴσῃ, in the measure of, at the value of: ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ Il. 9.378. 2 (Due) measure. a κατʼ αἶσαν, duly, fitly, properlyIl. 3.59 = Il. 6.333, Il. 10.445, Il. 17.716. b ὑπὲρ αἶσαν, unduly, unfitly, improperlyIl. 3.59 = Il. 6.333. Beyond measure; hence, preponderatingly: φέρτεροι ἦσαν Il. 16.780. 3 A share or portion: ληΐδος αἶσαν Il. 18.327. Cf. Od. 5.40 = Od. 13.138. 4 One's portion or lot in life, one's fate or destiny: αἷσα τοι μίνυνθά περ (thy lot in life is but for a little time) Il. 1.416, κακῇ σʼ αἴσῃ τέκον (with an evil fate before thee) 418, κακῇ αἴσῃ τόξʼ ἑλόμην (in an evil hour) Il. 5.209, ὁμῇ πεπρωμένον αἴσῃ (having his fate fixed with a like portion before him, appointed to a like portion) Il. 15.209, πεπρωμένον αἴσῃ (with a fate, i.e. death, before him, appointed to death) Il. 16.441 = Il. 22.179, οὔ τοι αἶσα πόλιν πέρθαι Il. 16.707, ἰῇ γιγνόμεθʼ αἴσῃ (under a like fate) Il. 22.477, εἴ μοι αἶσα τεθνάμεναι Il. 24.224, ἐν θανάτοιο αἴσῃ (a lot consisting in death, i.e. death) Il. 24.428, 750: κακῇ αἴσῃ οἴχετο (in an evil hour) Od. 19.259. Cf. Od. 5.113, 206, 288, Od. 8.511, Od. 13.306, Od. 14.359, Od. 15.276, Od. 23.315. Sim. ἔτι ἐλπίδος αἶσα ((there is) yet a portion for hope, room for hope) Od. 16.101, Od. 19.84. 5 Fate that comes upon or overtakes one, evil fate, doom, death: αἴσῃ ἐν ἀργαλέῃ φθίσει Il. 22.61. Cf. Od. 9.52, Od. 11.61. 6 Fate or destiny as decreed by a god: ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν Il. 17.321. So αἶσα alone, the decrees of fate (cf. μοῖρα 7): ὑπὲρ αἶσαν Il. 6.487. This and (2) ((due) measure or estimation, (fitting) place in a scale of honour) app. blended: τετιμῆσθαι Διὸς αἴσῃ Il. 9.608. 7 Fate personified Il. 20.127: Od. 7.197.