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Μοῖρα
Μοῖρα
Ancient Greek
Proper noun
Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîra) f (genitive Μοίρᾱς); first declension
- one of the Moerae; one of the Fates in Greek mythology
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μοῖρᾰ | τὼ Μοίρᾱ | αἱ Μοῖραι |
| Genitive | τῆς Μοίρης | τοῖν Μοίραιν | τῶν Μοιρῶν |
| Dative | τῇ Μοίρῃ | τοῖν Μοίραιν | ταῖς Μοίραις |
| Accusative | τὴν Μοῖρᾰν | τὼ Μοίρᾱ | τὰς Μοίρᾱς |
| Vocative | Μοῖρᾰ | Μοίρᾱ | Μοῖραι |
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Μοῖρᾰ | τὼ Μοίρᾱ | αἱ Μοῖραι |
| Genitive | τῆς Μοίρης | τοῖν Μοίρῃῐν?1 | τῶν Μοιρᾱ́ων / Μοιρέ͜ων |
| Dative | τῇ Μοίρῃ | τοῖν Μοίρῃῐν?1 | ταῖς Μοίρῃσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν Μοῖρᾰν | τὼ Μοίρᾱ | τὰς Μοίρᾱς |
| Vocative | Μοῖρᾰ | Μοίρᾱ | Μοῖραι |
| Notes: | 1Pharr reads Μοίρῃῐν whereas Smyth reads Μοίραι(ῐ)ν. |
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Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: Μοίρα (Moíra)
References
- Μοῖρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
μοῖρα
μοῖρα
Ancient Greek
Noun
μοῖρα • (moîra) f (genitive μοίρας); first declension
- part, portion
- political party
- lot, destiny
- that which is right
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μοῖρᾰ | τὼ μοίρᾱ | αἱ μοῖραι |
| Genitive | τῆς μοίρης | τοῖν μοίρῃῐν?1 | τῶν μοιρᾱ́ων / μοιρέ͜ων |
| Dative | τῇ μοίρῃ | τοῖν μοίρῃῐν?1 | ταῖς μοίρῃσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὴν μοῖρᾰν | τὼ μοίρᾱ | τὰς μοίρᾱς |
| Vocative | μοῖρᾰ | μοίρᾱ | μοῖραι |
| Notes: | 1Pharr reads μοίρῃῐν whereas Smyth reads μοίραι(ῐ)ν. |
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Related terms
- Μοῖρα (Moîra)
Descendants
- Greek: μοίρα (moíra)
References
- μοῖρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μοῖρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μοῖρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «μοῖρα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- μοῖρα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- «μοῖρα» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- death idem, page 198.
- Death idem, page 1008.
- destiny idem, page 217.
- division idem, page 244.
- dole idem, page 246.
- doom idem, page 247.
- fate idem, page 309.
- Fate idem, page 1010.
- lot idem, page 501.
- office idem, page 571.
- parcel idem, page 592.
- part idem, page 593.
- piece idem, page 611.
- portion idem, page 627.
- section idem, page 747.
- share idem, page 762.
- Bauer lexicon