Μοῖρα

Μοῖρα

See also: μοίρα and μοῖρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μοῖρα (moîra, “portion, lot; destiny”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /môi̯.ra/ → /ˈmy.ra/ → /ˈmi.ra/

• (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/

Proper noun

Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîra) f (genitive Μοίρᾱς); first declension

1. one of the Moerae; one of the Fates in Greek mythology

Usage notes

For the Roman equivalent, see Parcae.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μοῖρᾰ; τῆς Μοίρᾱς (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μοῖραι (Moîrai)
• μείρομαι (meíromai)

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