μόρος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (μείρομαι A)

   A = μοῖρα 111.1, fate, destiny, poet. and Ion. Prose: c. inf., μόρος [ἐστὶν] ὀλέσθαι 'tis my doom to die, Il.19.421; ὑπὲρ μόρον beyond destiny, of those who by their own fault add to their destined share of misery, 20.30, Od.1.34, etc. (to be written divisim, cf. μοῖρα; but cf. ὑπέρμορα, ὑπερμόρως).    II doom, death, ὅτε μιν μόρος αἰνὸς ἱκάνοι Il.18.465, cf. Pi.P.3.58, etc.; νῦν δ' . . ἦλθέ ποθεν σωτήρ, ἢ μόρον εἴπω; A.Ch.1074 (anap.); in Hdt. always of a violent death, τοιούτῳ μόρῳ ἐχρήσατο 1.117; κακὸς μόρος, θάνατός τε μόρος τε, Il.21.133, Od.9.61, etc.; μόρῳ ἀνοσίῳ, αἰσχίστῳ, Hdt.3.65, 9.17, etc.; μ. λευγαλέῳ S.Fr.785: also in pl., Heraclit.20, 25, S.Ant.1313, 1329 (lyr.).    2 corpse, αἱματηφόρους μόρους A.Th.420 (lyr.); νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ ἔθανες S.Ant.1266 (lyr.), cf. AP7.404 (Zon.).    III a measure of land in Locris, Berl.Sitzb.1927.8 (v B. C.); at Mytilene, IG12(2).74 B 3.    IV Μόρος personified, Hes.Th.211 (never in Trag., cf. τόνδε Μοῖρ' ἐπορσύνεν μόρον A.Ch.911).