μοῖρα (μείρομαι): part, portion, share, in booty,
of the feast, etc., Il. 10.252, Il. 15.195, Od.
4.97
; οὐδ᾽ αἰδοῦς μοῖραν, ‘not a
particle,’ Od. 13.171;
significant of a proper share, hence ἐν μοίρη, κατὰ (παρὰ) μοῖραν,
‘properly,’ ‘duly,’
‘rightly,’ etc.; then of one's lot,
fortune, fate, doom;
μοῖρα βιότοιο, θανάτου, Δ 170, Od. 2.100; w. acc. and inf., εἰ μοῖρα (sc. ἐστί) δαμῆναι πάντας
ὁμῶς, Il.
17.421.—Personified, Μοῖρα, Fate; pl., Il. 24.49, cf. Od.
7.197.