A.part, opp. whole, τριτάτη μ. [νυκτός] Il.10.253; [“ἐσθλῶν] τριτάτην . . μ.” Od.4.97; “μενέτω τριτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ.” Il.15.195.
2. portion of land, of a country, etc., “χώρης ὀλίγην ἔτι μοῖραν ἔχοντες” 16.68; “μ. πατρῴας γῆς διαιρετόν” S.Tr.163; “ἡ Περσέων μ.” Hdt.1.75; [ἐς] δυώδεκα μοίρας δασάμενοι “Αἴγυπτον” Id.2.147; “Πελοποννήσουτῶν πέντε τὰς δύο μοίρας” Th.1.10.
4. political party, “τὸν δῆμον πρὸς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ μ. προσεθήκατο” Hdt.5.69; “τριῶν δὲ μ. ἡ 'ν μέσῳ σῴζει πόλεις” E.Supp. 244.
5. degree, in the astron. and geog. sense, Hipparch.1.7.11, Gem.1.6, Cleom.2.5, etc.: division of the zodiac, Arat.716, cf. 560 (pl.), Procl.Hyp.3.52.
II. lot, portion or share which falls to one, esp. in the distribution of booty, “ἴση μ.” Il.9.318; “μ. καὶ γέρας ἐσθλὸν ἔχων” Od.11.534; of a meal, “μοίρας ἔνεμον” 8.470, cf. 14.448, etc.; “μ. ἔχειν γαίης” Hes.Th.413; “σπλάγχνων μ.” Ar.Pax1105 (hex.); τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς μοῖραν λαγχάνειν one's inheritance, patrimony, Lexap.D.43.51, cf. AP11.382.22 (Agath.).
2. generally, part, lot, οὐδ᾽ αἰδοῦς μ. ἔχουσιν have no part in shame, Od.20.171; “εὐθυμίης μείζω μ. μεθέξει” Democr.258, cf. 263; “ἐν παντὶ παντὸς μ. ἔνεστι” Anaxag.11, cf. 6; “μ. ἔχειν ἀχέων” A.Th.945 (lyr.); “μ. Ἀφροδίτας” Id.Supp.1041 (lyr.); ἔχουσι μ. οὐκ εὐπέμπελον an office, Id.Eu.476; τέσσαρας μ. ἔχον ἐμοί filling the place of four relations to me, Id.Ch.238; “μ. ἡδονῆς πορεῖν” Id.Pr.631; κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἑκάστου μ., pro virili parte, Lycurg.64; “οὐκ ἐλαχίστην συμβάλλεσθαι μ. πρός τι” Plu.2.9f, cf. Arist.Ath.19.
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III. one's portion in life, lot, destiny, “ἐπὶ γάρ τοι ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι” Od.19.592, etc.; “μ. βροτῶν” A.Eu.105; mostly of ill fortune, but also of good, e. g. opp. ἀμμορίη, Od.20.76; “ἡ πεπρωμένη μ.” Hdt.1.91; “ἐξιστορῆσαι μ.” A.Th.506, cf. Ag.1314, etc.; μ. (sc. ἐστι) c. inf., 'tis one's fate, “οὐ γάρ τοι πρὶν μ. φίλους ἰδέειν” Od.4.475; “οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μ. θανεῖν” Il.7.52, cf. 15.117: c. acc. et inf., “εἰ μ. . . δαμῆναι πάντας ὁμῶς” 17.421, cf. 16.434; “ἔσχε μοῖρ᾽ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν” S.Ph.331; “ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μ. πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν” Id.OT713; εἴ μοι ξυνείη φέροντι μοῖρα ib.863 (lyr.); μ. βιότοιο one's portion or measure of life, Il.4.170 (as v. l. for πότμον）; ὑπὲρ μοῖραν (v. μόρος) Il.20.336; ἀγαθᾷ μοίρᾳ by good luck, E.Ion153 (lyr.); θείᾳ μοίρᾳ by divine providence, X.Mem.2.3.18; “κατά τινα θείαν μ.” Arist.EN1099b10, cf. Pl. Men.99e, Ap.33c; opp. “παρὰ μοῖραν Δίος” Alc.Supp.14.10.
2. like μόρος, man's appointed doom, i.e. death, Il.6.488, Od.11.560; in full, “θάνατος καὶ μ.” Il.17.672, etc.; “μ. ὀλοή . . θανάτοιο” Od.2.100; “θανάτου μ.” A.Pers.917, Ag.1462 (both anap.); πρὸ μοίρας before the appointed time, S.Fr.686, Isoc.11.8; “ἐξέπλησε μ. τὴν ἑωυτοῦ” Hdt.4.164,3.142, cf. 1.91; τῇ σεωυτοῦ μ. περίεις ib.121; also, the cause of death, Od. 21.24.
IV. that which is meet and right, in Hom. mostly in phrase κατὰ μοῖραν in order, rightly, Il.16.367; “κατὰ μ. ἔειπες” 1.286, al.; “ἐν μοίρῃ πάντα διίκεο” 19.186, cf. Od.22.54, Pl.Lg.775c, 958d; opp. “παρὰ μοῖραν” Od.14.509; ἔχει μ. it is meet and right, E.Hipp.988.
2. respect, esteem, “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅτῳ μείζονα μ. νείμαιμ᾽ ἤ σοι” A.Pr.294 (anap.), cf. S.Tr.1239; ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ μεγάλῃ ἄγειν τινά hold one in no great respect, Hdt.2.172; “ἐν μείζονι μ. εἶναι” Pl.Cri.51b; “ἀτιμοτάτῃ ἐνὶ μ.” Theoc.14.49; “μεγάλην μ. καὶ τιμὴν ἔχει” Pl.Cra.398b; “κατατιθέναι τι ἐν μοίραις ἐλάττοσι” Id.Lg.923b; “τοὺς θεοὺς μοίραις ποεῖσθε μηδαμῶς” S. OC278 is prob. corrupt.
V. c. gen. almost periphr., ἐν τῇ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρᾳ ἐκεῖνό ἐστι is a good, of the order of the good, Pl.Phlb. 54c; ἄγειν ἢ φέρειν ἐν πολεμίου μ. as if an enemy, D.23.61; νόστοιο μ. for νόστος, Pi.P.4.196; ὡς ἐν παιδιᾶς μοίρᾳ playfully, Pl.Lg.656b; “ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου μ.” Plu.2.6e; “ὥσπερ ἐν προσθήκης μ.” Luc.Zeux.2; μέτοχος εἶναι τῆς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μοίρας, i. e. τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ, Pl.Phlb.60b; “ἡ φιλοσόφου μ.” Id.Ep.329b; “ἡ τελειότης τἀγαθοῦ μ. τίς ἐστιν” Procl.Inst.25; θείας μ. μετέχειν, i. e. τοῦ θείου, Pl.Prt.322a, cf. Phdr.230a; τὸ ἐμπλήκτως ὀξὺ ἀνδρὸς μοίρᾳ προσετέθη was accounted manly, Th.3.82.
B. Μοῖρα , as pr. n., the goddess of fate, Hom. always (exc. Il. 24.49) in sg., Il.24.209, al., cf. Orph.Fr.33, etc.: three first in Hes. Th.905, etc.; as the goddess of death, Il.4.517, 18.119: generally of evil, 5.613; ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὐκ αἴτιός εἰμι ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς καὶ M. “καὶ ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐρινύς” 19.87: with epithets, M. κραταιή, ὀλοή, 5.629, 21.83; “κακή” 13.602; “δυσώνυμος” 12.116:—Trag. use sts. sg., A.Ag.130, Ch.910, etc.: sts. pl., Id.Pr.516,895, Ch.306, etc.; of the Furies, Id.Eu.172: later as objects of worship, SIG1044.8 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.).—In the phrases “θεοῦ μ.” Od.11.292, “μ. θεῶν” 3.269, μοῖρα is Appellat., = destiny.
