Μοῖρα

See also: μοίρα and μοῖρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μοῖρα (moîra, “portion, lot; destiny”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîră) f (genitive Μοίρᾱς); first declension

  1. one of the Moirae; one of the Fates in Greek mythology

Usage notes

For the Roman equivalent, see Parcae.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μοῖρᾰ; τῆς Μοίρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Μοῖρᾰ
hē Moîră 		τὼ Μοίρᾱ
tṑ Moírā 		αἱ Μοῖραι
hai Moîrai
Genitive τῆς Μοίρᾱς
tês Moírās 		τοῖν Μοίραιν
toîn Moírain 		τῶν Μοιρῶν
tôn Moirôn
Dative τῇ Μοίρᾳ
tēî Moírāi 		τοῖν Μοίραιν
toîn Moírain 		ταῖς Μοίραις
taîs Moírais
Accusative τὴν Μοῖρᾰν
tḕn Moîrăn 		τὼ Μοίρᾱ
tṑ Moírā 		τᾱ̀ς Μοίρᾱς
tā̀s Moírās
Vocative Μοῖρᾰ
Moîră 		Μοίρᾱ
Moírā 		Μοῖραι
Moîrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μοίρα (Moíra)

References

  • “Μοῖρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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