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μοῖράν τʼ ἀμμορίην τε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων—
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| μοῖράν | μοῖράν | μοῖράν[1] | 1 | 71656 | 20.76.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| τʼ | τʼ | τʼ[1] | 2 | 71657 | 20.76.t2 | True | |
| ἀμμορίην | ἀμμορίην | ἀμμορίην[1] | 3 | 71658 | 20.76.t3 | True | |
| τε | τε | τε[1] | 4 | 71659 | 20.76.t4 | True | |
| καταθνητῶν | καταθνητῶν | καταθνητῶν[1] | 5 | 71660 | 20.76.t5 | True | |
| ἀνθρώπων— | ἀνθρώπων | ἀνθρώπων[1] | 6 | 71661 | 20.76.t6 | True |
Dictionary Citations
LSJ
Ζεὺς οἶδε μοῖράν τʼ ἀμμορίην τʼ ἀνθρώπων what is manʼs fate and what is not, or their good fortune and their bad, Od. 20.76, cf. AP 9.284 ( Crin.).
III
portion in life, lot, destiny, ἐπὶ γάρ τοι ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι Od. 19.592, etc.; μ. βροτῶν A. Eu. 105; mostly of ill fortune, but also of good, e. g. opp. ἀμμορίη, Od. 20.76; ἡ πεπρωμένη μ. Hdt. 1.91; ἐξιστορῆσαι μ. A. Th. 506, cf. Ag. 1314, etc.; μ. (sc. ἐστι) c. inf., ʼtis oneʼs fate, οὐ γάρ τοι πρὶν μ. φίλους ἰδέειν Od. 4.475; οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μ. θανεῖν Il. 7.52, cf. 15.117: c. acc. et inf., εἰ μ. . . δαμῆναι πάντας ὁμῶς 17.421, cf. 16.434; ἔσχε μοῖρʼ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν S. Ph. 331; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μ. πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν Id. OT 713; εἴ μοι ξυνείη φέροντι μοῖρα ib. 863 (lyr.); μ. βιότοιο oneʼs portion or measure of life, Il. 4.170 (as v.l. for πότμον) ; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il. 20.336; ἀγαθᾷ μοίρᾳ by good luck, E. Ion 153 (lyr.); θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, X. Mem. 2.3.18; κατά τινα θείαν μ. Arist. EN 1099b10, cf. Pl. Men. 99e, Ap. 33c; opp. παρὰ μοῖραν Δίος Alc. Supp. 14.10.
cunliffe_lex
ἀμμορίη -ης, ἡ [ἄμμορος.] App., what (of good) fate does not bestow, ill fortune Od. 20.76.
καταθνητός [κατα- 5 + θνητός.] Mortal, liable to death: οὔ τι καταθνητὸς τέτυκτο Il. 5.402= 901. Cf. Il. 6.123, Il. 10.440: Od. 3.114, Od. 9.502, Od. 17.587, Od. 19.285, Od. 20.76, Od. 23.126.
μοῖρα -ης, ἡ. 1 (Due) measure. κατὰ μοῖραν, duly, fitly, properly, in the proper way, in seemly wise : ἔειπες Il. 1.286. Cf. Il. 9.59, Il. 15.206, Il. 16.367, Il. 19.256, etc. : πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν Od. 3.457. Cf. Od. 2.251, Od. 3.331, Od. 8.496, Od. 15.170, Od. 17.580, etc. So ἐν μοίρῃ : πέφαται (has met his deserts) Od. 22.54. Cf. Il. 19.186.– παρὰ μοῖραν, unduly, in unseemly wiseOd. 14.509. 2 A part, portion, division : παροίχωκεν πλέων νὺξ τῶν δύο μοιράων (more of it than two (of the three) watches), τριτάτη δʼ ἔτι μοῖρα λέλειπται (see under λείπω (3)) Il. 10.253. Cf. Od. 4.97. 3 A share or portion allotted or available : ἴση μοῖρα μένοντι (the same share of the spoil) Il. 9.318. Cf. Il. 15.195, Il. 16.68 : σπλάγχνων μοίρας Od. 3.40, Od. 20.260. Cf. Od. 3.66= Od. 20.280, Od. 8.470, Od. 11.534, Od. 14.448, Od. 15.140, Od. 17.258, 335, Od. 19.423, Od. 20.281, 293. 4 One's portion or lot in life, one's fate or destiny, what is allotted by fate : οὔ πώ τοι μ. [ἐστι] θανεῖν Il. 7.52. Cf. Il. 15.117, Il. 16.434, Il. 17.421, Il. 18.120, Il. 23.80 : Od. 4.475, Od. 5.41, 114, 345, Od. 9.532. Sim. : ἐφʼ ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι (its place or use) Od. 19.592, οὐδʼ αἰδοῦς μοῖραν ἔχουσιν (have no room in their hearts for it) Od. 20.171. 5 Good fortune : μοῖράν τʼ ἀμμορίην τε Od. 20.76. 6 Fate that comes upon or overtakes one, evil fate, death, doom : μ. μιν ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il. 12.116. Cf. Il. 4.517, Il. 5.83, Il. 6.488, Il. 13.602, Il. 16.849, Il. 17.478, Il. 21.83, Il. 22.303, etc. : μ. θανάτοιο (fate consisting in death, i.e. death) Od. 2.100. Cf. Od. 11.292, Od. 21.24, Od. 22.413, Od. 24.29, etc. 7 Fate or destiny as decreed by the gods : μ. θεῶν Od. 3.269. So μ. alone, the decrees of fate (cf. αἶσα 6, μόρος 3) : ὑπὲρ μοῖραν Il. 20.336. 8 Fate personified Il. 19.87, 410, Il. 24.209. In pl., the Fates Il. 24.49.