μόρσιμος

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English (LSJ)

ον, (μόρος) poet. Adj., used also by Hdt.,

   A appointed by fate, destined, ἡ δέ κ' ἔπειτα γήμαιθ' ὅς κε πλεῖστα πόροι καὶ μόρσιμος ἔλθοι Od.16.392; οὐδ' ἄρ' Ὀδυσσῆϊ . . μόρσιμον ἦεν . . Διὸς υἱὸν ἀποκτάμεν Il.5.674; μ. ἐστι θεῷ . . δαμῆναι 19.417, cf. Hdt.3.154; ᾧ θανεῖν οὐ μ. A.Pr.933; σοὶ μὲν γαμεῖσθαι μ. γαμεῖν δ' ἐμοί Id.Fr.13; τὸ μόρσιμον destiny, doom, Pi.P.12.30, A.Th.263, 282, S.Ant.236, Fr.953; τὰ μόρσιμα Sol.13.55.    II foredoomed to die, οὔ τοι μόρσιμός εἰμι Il. 22.13; μόρσιμον ἦμαρ the day of doom, 15.613, Od.10.175; so μ. αἰών one's appointed time, Pi.O.2.10, A.Supp.46 (lyr.).