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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μοῖρα (moîra, “portion, lot; destiny”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /môi̯.ra/ → /ˈmy.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/
Proper noun
Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîra) f (genitive Μοίρᾱς); first declension
- one of the Moirae; one of the Fates in Greek mythology
Usage notes
For the Roman equivalent, see Parcae.
Inflection
Descendants
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