μόρος?
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration: moros
Principal Part:
μόρος
μόρου
Structure:
μορ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- fate, destiny
- doom, death
- corpse
- a measure of land in Locris
Declension
Second 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.
- εὖ νυν τόδ ἴστε - Ζεὺς ὀμώμοται πατήρ - ἤτοι μάραγνά γ ἢ καρανιστὴς μόρος μένει σε δρῶντα τοιάδ, ἢ τὸν Ἕκτορα τὸ μηδὲν εἶναι καὶ κακὸν νομίζετε. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:25)
- "διόπερ ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἀπήλαυνεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ μαντείου καὶ ἐπερωτώντων διὰ τίνα αἰτίαν ἀπελαύνονται εἶπεν καί μοι Γεργίθων τε φόνος μέλει ἀπτολεμίστων πισσήρων τε μόρος καὶ δένδρεον αἰεὶ ἀθαλλές. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:47)
- ὁ βίος γάρ φησὶν Εὐριπίδης ὄνομ ἔχει μόνον μόρος γεγώς. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 34 5:1)
- καὶ πλεῖστος ἐνταῦθα μόρος ἦν καὶ ὠμότατος ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ πινόντων ἅμα καὶ σφαττομένων, ἄχρι Νικίας Γυλίππῳ προσπεσὼν εἶπεν: (Plutarch, , chapter 27 4:1)
- ἀπροσδόκητος δ αὐτὸν ἀφνίδιος μόρος τοῦ ζῆν ἀπεστέρησεν. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:5)
Synonyms
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fate
- λίνον (the thread of destiny spun by the Fates)
- θεομορία (destiny)
- δαίμων (guardian spirit , and so one's fate, destiny)
-
doom
-
corpse
-
a measure of land in Locris