Μοῖρα

See also: μοίρα and μοῖρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μοῖρᾰ • (Moîra) 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 Moîra		 τὼ Μοίρᾱ
tṑ Moírā		 αἱ Μοῖραι
hai Moîrai
Genitive τῆς Μοίρᾱς
tês Moírās		 τοῖν Μοίραιν
toîn Moírain		 τῶν Μοιρῶν
tôn Moirôn
Dative τῇ Μοίρᾳ
têi Moírāi		 τοῖν Μοίραιν
toîn Moírain		 ταῖς Μοίραις
taîs Moírais
Accusative τὴν Μοῖρᾰν
tḕn Moîran		 τὼ Μοίρᾱ
tṑ Moírā		 τᾱ̀ς Μοίρᾱς
tā̀s Moírās
Vocative Μοῖρᾰ
Moîra		 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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