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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pót.mos/ → /ˈpot.mos/ → /ˈpot.mos/
Noun
πότμος • (pótmos) m (genitive πότμου); second declension
- lot (fate that falls to one by chance), destiny
- Synonym: μοῖρα (moîra)
- (Epic) evil destiny of death
Declension
Further reading
- “πότμος”, 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.