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μοῖρα

moira

part

Appears 81 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μοῖρα, ας (Ion. μοῖρα, acc. μοῖραν, gen. ης), (μείρομαι) A. part, opp. whole, τριτάτη μ. [νυκτός] Il. 10.253; [ἐσθλῶν] τριτάτην . . μ. Od. 4.97; μενέτω τριτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ. Il. 15.195. 2. portion of land, of a country, etc., χώρης ὀλίγην ἔτι μοῖραν ἔχοντες 16.68; μ. πατρῴας γῆς διαιρετόν S. Tr. 163; ἡ Περσέων μ. Hdt. 1.75; [ἐς] δυώδεκα μοίρας δασάμενοι Αἴγυπτον Id. 2.147; Πελοποννήσου τῶν πέντε τὰς δύο μοίρας Th. 1.10. 3. division of a people, Hdt. 1.146; of an army, Hdn. 6.6.3; in codd. of X., freq.f.l. for μόρα. 4. political party, τὸν δῆμον πρὸς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μ. προσεθήκατο Hdt. 5.69; τριῶν δὲ μ. ἡ ʼν μέσῳ σῴζει πόλεις E. Supp. 244. 5. degree, in the astron. and geog. sense, Hipparch. 1.7.11, Gem. 1.6, Cleom. 2.5, etc.: division of the zodiac, Arat. 716, cf. 560 (pl.), Procl. Hyp. 3.52. II. lot, portion or share which falls to one, esp. in the distribution of booty, ἴση μ. Il. 9.318; μ. καὶ γέρας ἐσθλὸν ἔχων Od. 11.534; of a meal, μοίρας ἔνεμον 8.470, cf. 14.448, etc.; μ. ἔχειν γαίης Hes. Th. 413; σπλάγχνων μ. Ar. Pax 1105 (hex.); τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς μοῖραν λαγχάνειν oneʼs inheritance, patrimony, Lex ap.D. 43.51, cf. AP 11.382.22 (Agath.). 2. generally, part, lot, οὐδʼ αἰδοῦς μ. ἔχουσιν have no part in shame, Od. 20.171; εὐθυμίης μείζω μ. μεθέξει Democr. 258, cf. 263; ἐν παντὶ παντὸς μ. ἔνεστι Anaxag. 11, cf. 6; μ. ἔχειν ἀχέων A. Th. 945 (lyr.); μ. Ἀφροδίτας Id. Supp. 1041 (lyr.); ἔχουσι μ. οὐκ εὐπέμπελον an office, Id. Eu. 476; τέσσαρας μ. ἔχον ἐμοί filling the place of four relations to me, Id. Ch. 238; μ. ἡδονῆς πορεῖν Id. Pr. 631; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἑκάστου μ., pro virili parte, Lycurg. 64; οὐκ ἐλαχίστην συμβάλλεσθαι μ. πρός τι Plu. 2.9f, cf. Arist. Ath. 19. 4. III. oneʼs portion in life, lot, destiny, ἐπὶ γάρ τοι ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι Od. 19.592, etc.; μ. βροτῶν A. Eu. 105; mostly of ill fortune, but also of good, e. g. opp. ἀμμορίη, Od. 20.76; ἡ πεπρωμένη μ. Hdt. 1.91; ἐξιστορῆσαι μ. A. Th. 506, cf. Ag. 1314, etc.; μ. (sc. ἐστι) c. inf., ʼtis oneʼs fate, οὐ γάρ τοι πρὶν μ. φίλους ἰδέειν Od. 4.475; οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μ. θανεῖν Il. 7.52, cf. 15.117: c. acc. et inf., εἰ μ. . . δαμῆναι πάντας ὁμῶς 17.421, cf. 16.434; ἔσχε μοῖρʼ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν S. Ph. 331; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μ. πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν Id. OT 713; εἴ μοι ξυνείη φέροντι μοῖρα ib.863 (lyr.); μ. βιότοιο oneʼs portion or measure of life, Il. 4.170 (as v. l. for πότμον) ; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il. 20.336; ἀγαθᾷ μοίρᾳ by good luck, E. Ion 153 (lyr.); θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, X. Mem. 2.3.18; κατά τινα θείαν μ. Arist. EN 1099b10, cf. Pl. Men. 99e, Ap. 33c; opp. παρὰ μοῖραν Δίος Alc. Supp. 14.10. 2. like μόρος, manʼs appointed doom, i.e. death, Il. 6.488, Od. 11.560; in full, θάνατος καὶ μ. Il. 17.672, etc.; μ. ὀλοή . . θανάτοιο Od. 2.100; θανάτου μ. A. Pers. 917, Ag. 1462 (both anap.); πρὸ μοίρας before the appointed time, S. Fr. 686, Isoc. 11.8; ἐξέπλησε μ. τὴν ἑωυτοῦ Hdt. 4.164,3.142, cf. 1.91; τῇ σεωυτοῦ μ. περίεις ib.121; also, the cause of death, Od. 21.24. IV. that which is meet and right, in Hom. mostly in phrase κατὰ μοῖραν in order, rightly, Il. 16.367; κατὰ μ. ἔειπες 1.286, al.; ἐν μοίρῃ πάντα διίκεο 19.186, cf. Od. 22.54, Pl. Lg. 775c, 958d; opp. παρὰ μοῖραν Od. 14.509; ἔχει μ. it is meet and right, E. Hipp. 988. 2. respect, esteem, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μ. νείμαιμʼ ἤ σοι A. Pr. 294 (anap.), cf. S. Tr. 1239; ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἄγειν τινά hold one in no great respect, Hdt. 2.172; ἐν μείζονι μ. εἶναι Pl. Cri. 51b; ἀτιμοτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ. Theoc. 14.49; μεγάλην μ. καὶ τιμὴν ἔχει Pl. Cra. 398b; κατατιθέναι τι ἐν μοίραις ἐλάττοσι Id. Lg. 923b; τοὺς θεοὺς μοίραις ποεῖσθε μηδαμῶς S. OC 278 is prob. corrupt. V. c. gen. almost periphr., ἐν τῇ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρᾳ ἐκεῖνό ἐστι is a good, of the order of the good, Pl. Phlb. 54c; ἄγειν ἢ φέρειν ἐν πολεμίου μ. as if an enemy, D. 23.61; νόστοιο μ. for νόστος, Pi. P. 4.196; ὡς ἐν παιδιᾶς μοίρᾳ playfully, Pl. Lg. 656b; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου μ. Plu. 2.6e; ὥσπερ ἐν προσθήκης μ. Luc. Zeux. 2; μέτοχος εἶναι τῆς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρας, i. e. τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ, Pl. Phlb. 60b; ἡ φιλοσόφου μ. Id. Ep. 329b; ἡ τελειότης τἀγαθοῦ μ. τίς ἐστιν Procl. Inst. 25; θείας μ. μετέχειν, i. e. τοῦ θείου, Pl. Prt. 322a, cf. Phdr. 230a; τὸ ἐμπλήκτως ὀξὺ ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ προσετέθη was accounted manly, Th. 3.82. B. Μοῖρα, as pr. n., the goddess of fate, Hom. always (exc. Il. 24.49) in sg., Il. 24.209, al., cf. Orph. Fr. 33, etc.: three first in Hes. Th. 905, etc.; as the goddess of death, Il. 4.517, 18.119: generally of evil, 5.613; ἐγὼ δʼ οὐκ αἴτιός εἰμι ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς καὶ M. καὶ ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐρινύς 19.87: with epithets, M. κραταιή, ὀλοή, 5.629, 21.83; κακή 13.602; δυσώνυμος 12.116:—Trag. use sts. sg., A. Ag. 130, Ch. 910, etc.: sts. pl., Id. Pr. 516,895, Ch. 306, etc.; of the Furies, Id. Eu. 172: later as objects of worship, SIG 1044.8 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.).—In the phrases θεοῦ μ. Od. 11.292, μ. θεῶν 3.269, μοῖρα is Appellat., = destiny.
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