Αἶσα
aisa
who dispenses to every one his lot
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Αἶσα, ἡ, A. like Μοῖρα, the divinity who dispenses to every one his lot or destiny, ἅσσα οἱ Αἶ. γιγνομένῳ ἐπένησε Il. 20.127, cf. Od. 7.197; Αἶ. φασγανουργός Ch. 648 (lyr.). II. as Appellat., 1. decree, dispensation of a god, τετιμῆσθαι Διὸς αἴσῃ Il. 9.608; ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν 17.321, cf. 6.487; δαίμονος αἶσα κακή Od. 11.61; τεὰν κατʼ αἶσαν thanks to the destiny decreed by thee, N. 3.16; θεοῦ αἶσα Andr. 1203 (lyr.):—κατʼ αἶσαν fitly, duly, Il. 10.445, etc.; κατʼ αἶσαν, οὐδʼ ὑπὲρ αἶσαν Il. 6.333, cf. 9.32; ἐν αἴσᾳ Supp. 545 (lyr.); opp. παρʼ αἶσαν P. 8.13. 2. oneʼs lot, destiny, οὐ γάρ οἱ τῇδʼ αἶσα . . ὀλέσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἔτι οἱ μοῖρʼ ἐστί . . Od. 5.113: c. inf., ἔτι γάρ νύ μοι αἶσα βιῶναι 14.359, cf. 13.306, al.; κακῇ αἴσῃ . . ἑλόμην by ill luck, Il. 5.209; ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν αἴσᾳ 12.66; τὸν αἶσʼ ἄπλατος ἴσχει Aj. 256 (lyr.), cf. AP 7.624 (). 3. generally, share in a thing, ληΐδος, ἐλπίδος, αἶ., Od. 5.40, 19.84; χθονός P. 9.56; at a common meal (Argive), 31; τῶ Διὸς τῶ ϝοίνω αἶ. Inscr.Cypr. 148; λαχεῖν αἶ. IG 5 (2).40 (Tegea); for the prov. ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ v.s. κάρ. —Ep., Lyr., and Trag., but only in lyr. in and
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