μόρος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
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