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|Definition=ὁ, ([[πίπτω]]) poet. word, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> that which [[befall]]s one, [[lot]], [[destiny]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> in Hom. always of [[evil]] [[destiny]], especially of [[death]]; of the [[killer]], <b class="b3">πότμον ἐφῆκε, ἐφήσω</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.396</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.550</span>; or of the killed, πότμον ἐπισπεῖν <span class="bibl">Il.6.412</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.250</span>, al.; θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν <span class="bibl">Il.2.359</span>, <span class="bibl">20.337</span>, al.; also θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν <span class="bibl">7.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.562</span>, al.; ὀλόμην καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον <span class="bibl">11.197</span>; αἴ κε θάνῃς καὶ πότμον ἀναπλήσῃς βιότοιο <span class="bibl">Il.4.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.263</span>; also πότμον [[ἐφάψαι]] = πότμον [[ἐφεῖναι]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 9.60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.5.158</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πότμον ἀμπιπλάντες ὁμοῖον</b>, of the Dioscuri who lived on alternate days, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom. without a [[sense]] of [[evil]], <b class="b3">πότμος συγγενής</b> one's natural [[gifts]], ib.<span class="bibl">5.40</span>; εὐτυχεῖ π. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>709</span>; καλλίπαις π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>762</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1005</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πότμος ξυνήθης πατρός</b> my father's customary [[fortune]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>88</span>; πότμος [[ἄποτμος]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 1143</span> (lyr.); τίνα ποτ' Ἠλέκτρα πότμον εἴληχε βιότου; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>913</span>; θανεῖν ζηλωτὸς ἐν Ἑλλάδι π. Arist.<span class="title">Fr.Lyr.</span>6.4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> personified, [[Destiny]], ὁ μέγας Πότμος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.86</span>. [The first [[syllable]] long in Hom., but sometimes short in later poets, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).871 (Corc., iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>1291</span>; commonly short in Trag., but long in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>88</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>871.1</span>.]</span>