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μοῖρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μοῖρα μοίρας

Structure: μοιρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: mei/romai

Sense

  1. part, portion
  2. political party
  3. lot, destiny
  4. that which is right

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν ὅ τι μὴ αἱ Μοῖραι διατάττουσιν, ἀλλὰ πάντα ὁπόσα γίνεται, ὑπὸ τῷ τούτων ἀτράκτῳ στρεφόμενα εὐθὺσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἕκαστον ἐπικεκλωσμένην ἔχει τὴν ἀπόβασιν, καὶ οὐ θέμισ ἄλλωσ γενέσθαι. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 1:12)
  • εἰ γὰρ οὕτωσ ἔχει ταῦτα καὶ πάντων αἱ Μοῖραι κρατοῦσι καὶ οὐδὲν ἂν ὑπ’ οὐδενὸσ ἔτι ἀλλαγείη τῶν ἅπαξ δοξάντων αὐταῖσ, τίνοσ ἕνεκα ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι θύομεν καὶ ἑκατόμβασ προσάγομεν εὐχόμενοι γενέσθαι ἡμῖν παρ’ ὑμῶν τἀγαθά; (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 5:4)
  • ἐδεόμην μὲν ἔτι καὶ τοῦτο ἐρέσθαι, ποῦ αἱ Μοῖραι διατρίβουσιν ἢ πῶσ ἐφικνοῦνται τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν τοσούτων ἐσ τὸ λεπτότατον, καὶ ταῦτα τρεῖσ οὖσαι. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 19:4)
  • ὦ πότνιαι Μοῖραι τί τόδε δέρκομαι νεοχμὸν αὖ τέρασ; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, lyric2)
  • ἔτεκεν δ’, ἁνίκα Μοῖραι τέλεσαν, ταυρόκερων θεὸν στεφάνωσέν τε δρακόντων στεφάνοισ, ἔνθεν ἄγραν θη‐ ροτρόφον μαινάδεσ ἀμφι‐ βάλλονται πλοκάμοισ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • οὐ τρεῖσ αἱ Μοῖραί εἰσι, Κλωθὼ καὶ Λάχεσισ, οἶμαι, καὶ Ἄτροποσ; (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. part

  2. political party

  3. lot

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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