μοῖρα

See also: μοίρα and Μοῖρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μοῖρ’ (moîr’) — apocopic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *móřřā, o-grade of the root of μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive as one's portion”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă, feminine suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /môi̯.ra/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ra/

Noun

μοῖρᾰ • (moîră) f (genitive μοίρᾱς); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μοῖρᾰ; τῆς μοίρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μοῖρᾰ hē moîră	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 moîrăn	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	τᾱ̀ς μοίρᾱς tā̀s moírās
Vocative	μοῖρᾰ moîră	μοίρᾱ moírā	μοῖραι moîrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ μοῖρᾰ; τῆς μοίρης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μοῖρᾰ hē moîră	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	αἱ μοῖραι hai moîrai
Genitive	τῆς μοίρης tês moírēs	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	τῶν μοιρέων / μοιρῶν tôn moiréōn / moirôn
Dative	τῇ μοίρῃ têi moírēi	τοῖν μοίραιν toîn moírain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν μοίρῃσῐ / μοίρῃσῐν têisĭ(n) moírēisĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μοῖρᾰν tḕn moîrăn	τὼ μοίρᾱ tṑ moírā	τᾱ̀ς μοίρᾱς tā̀s moírās
Vocative	μοῖρᾰ moîră	μοίρᾱ moírā	μοῖραι moîrai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

κᾰκόμοιρος (kăkómoiros)
μοιράζω (moirázō)
μοιράω (moiráō)
Μοιροκλῆς (Moiroklês)

Related terms

Μοῖρᾰ (Moîră)

Descendants

Greek: μοίρα (moíra)
→ English: moirail
→ English: moirocaust

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μοῖρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 961

“μοῖρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μοῖρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μοῖρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μοῖρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μοῖρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
μοῖρα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- death idem, page 198.
- destiny idem, page 217.
- division idem, page 244.
- dole idem, page 246.
- doom idem, page 247.
- fate idem, page 309.
- lot idem, page 501.
- office idem, page 571.
- parcel idem, page 592.
- part idem, page 593.
- piece idem, page 611.
- portion idem, page 627.
- section idem, page 747.
- share idem, page 762.
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
μοῖρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“μοῖρα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μοῖρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 961

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