dispensation
From LSJ
Ἑκὼν σεαυτὸν τῇ Κλωθοῖ συνεπιδίδου παρέχων συννῆσαι οἷστισί ποτε πράγμασι βούλεται. Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον → Be willing to give yourself up to Clotho, letting her spin to whatever ends she pleases. All is ephemeral—both memory and the object of memory (Marcus Aurelius 4.34f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
system: P. and V. κατάστασις, ἡ, κατασκευή, ἡ (Euripides, Supplices 214. but rare V.). P. σύνταξις, ἡ.
by divine dispensation: P. θείᾳ μοίρᾳ (Plato); see interposition.
distribution: P. νομή, ἡ, διανομή, ἡ.
