μόρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[μείρομαι]] A) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[μοῖρα]] <span class="bibl">111.1</span>, [[fate]], [[destiny]], poet. and Ion. Prose: c. inf., <b class="b3">μόρος [ἐστὶν] ὀλέσθαι</b> 'tis my [[doom]] to die, <span class="bibl">Il.19.421</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὲρ μόρον</b> beyond [[destiny]], of those who by their own fault add to their destined share of misery, <span class="bibl">20.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.34</span>, etc. (to be written divisim, cf. [[μοῖρα]]; but cf. <b class="b3">ὑπέρμορα, ὑπερμόρως</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[doom]], [[death]], ὅτε μιν μόρος αἰνὸς ἱκάνοι <span class="bibl">Il.18.465</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.58</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">νῦν δ'… ἦλθέ ποθεν σωτήρ, ἢ μόρον εἴπω</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1074</span> (anap.); in Hdt. always of a [[violent death]], τοιούτῳ μόρῳ ἐχρήσατο <span class="bibl">1.117</span>; <b class="b3">κακὸς μόρος, θάνατός τε μόρος τε</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.133</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.61</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μόρῳ ἀνοσίῳ, αἰσχίστῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.65</span>, <span class="bibl">9.17</span>, etc.; μ. λευγαλέῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>785</span>: also in pl., <span class="bibl">Heraclit.20</span>, <span class="bibl">25</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1313</span>, <span class="bibl">1329</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[corpse]], αἱματηφόρους μόρους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>420</span> (lyr.); νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ ἔθανες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1266</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="title">AP</span>7.404 (Zon.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> a [[measure]] of land in Locris, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.8 (v B. C.); at Mytilene, <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).74 <span class="title">B</span> 3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[Μόρος]] personified, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>211</span> (never in Trag., cf. τόνδε Μοῖρ' ἐπορσύνεν μόρον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>911</span>).</span>