μοῖρα

See also: μοίρα and Μοῖρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μοῖρ’ (moîr’) — apocopic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *móřřā, o-grade of the root of μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive as one's portion”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /môi̯.ra/ → /ˈmy.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /môi̯.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/

Noun

μοῖρᾰ • (moîra) f (genitive μοίρᾱς); first declension

1. part, portion
2. degree
3. political party
4. lot, destiny

   Synonym: τύχη (túkhē)

5. that which is right

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μοῖρᾰ; τῆς μοίρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μοῖρᾰ hē moîra	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	αἱ μοῖραι hai moîrai
Genitive	τῆς μοίρᾱς tês moírās	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	τῶν μοιρῶν tôn moirôn
Dative	τῇ μοίρᾳ têi moírāi	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	ταῖς μοίραις taîs moírais
Accusative	τὴν μοῖρᾰν tḕn moîran	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	τᾱ̀ς μοίρᾱς tā̀s moírās
Vocative	μοῖρᾰ moîra	μοίρᾱ moírā	μοῖραι moîrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ μοῖρᾰ; τῆς μοίρης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μοῖρᾰ hē moîra	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	αἱ μοῖραι hai moîrai
Genitive	τῆς μοίρης tês moírēs	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	τῶν μοιρέων / μοιρῶν tôn moiréōn / moirôn
Dative	τῇ μοίρῃ têi moírēi	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν μοίρῃσῐ / μοίρῃσῐν têisi(n) moírēisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μοῖρᾰν tḕn moîran	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	τᾱ̀ς μοίρᾱς tā̀s moírās
Vocative	μοῖρᾰ moîra	μοίρᾱ moírā	μοῖραι moîrai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• κᾰκόμοιρος (kakómoiros)
• μ̊ (m̊)
• Μοιροκλῆς (Moiroklês)

 

Related terms

• Μοῖρᾰ (Moîra)

Descendants

• Greek: μοίρα (moíra)
• rail
• → English: moirail
• → English: moirocaust

Further reading

• “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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • death idem, page 198.
  • destiny idem, page 217.
  • division idem, page 244.
  • dole idem, page 246.
  • doom idem, page 247.
  • fate idem, page 309.
  • 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, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• μοῖρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette