μόρσιμος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[decided by fate]], [[πεπρωμένος]], a.o. of [[ἦμαρ]] = [[day of death]], after this also of a man (X 13) [[destined to death]], [[mortal]] (Il., also Hdt.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [970] <b class="b2">*(s)mer-</b> <b class="b2">remind (oneself)</b><br />Etymology: Prob. from <b class="b3">*μόρσις</b>, which may be Aeolic for <b class="b2">*smr̥-ti-</b> = [[μόρος]], [[μοῖρα]] (Schwyzer 494 n. 8); ev. from <b class="b3">*μόρτος</b> (as [[φόρτος]] : [[φόρος]]); to [[μείρομαι]], s. v. -- The connection with a word for [[death]] (<b class="b3">*μόρσις</b> = Lat. [[mors]], IE <b class="b2">*mr̥-ti-</b>; Arbenz 16, Risch $ 37) or a word for [[mortal]] (Aeol. [[μορτός]], s.v.; Kretschmer Glotta 24, 86) "wird der zentralen Bed. des Schicksalsbestimmten (vgl. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 360 A. 1) nicht gerecht."(?) (Frisk); cf. DELG s.v. [[μείρομαι]].