Μοῖρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μοῖρα (moîra, “portion, lot; destiny”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /môi̯.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmy.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ra/
Proper noun
Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîra) f (genitive Μοίρᾱς); first declension
Usage notes
For the Roman equivalent, see Parcae.
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: Μοίρα (Moíra)
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