- Αἶσα
- Αἶσα, ἡ,A like Μοῖρα, the divinity who dispenses to every one his lot or destiny,
ἅσσα οἱ Αἶ. γιγνομένῳ ἐπένησε Il.20.127
, cf. Od.7.197;Αἶ. φασγανουργός A.Ch.648
(lyr.).II as Appellat.,1 decree, dispensation of a god,τετιμῆσθαι Διὸς αἴσῃ Il.9.608
;ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν 17.321
, cf. 6.487;δαίμονος αἶσα κακή Od.11.61
; τεὰν κατ' αἶσαν thanks to the destiny decreed by thee, Pi.N.3.16;θεοῦ αἶσα E.Andr. 1203
(lyr.):—κατ' αἶσαν fitly, duly, Il.10.445, etc.;κατ' αἶσαν, οὐδ' ὑπὲρ αἶσαν Il.6.333
, cf. B.9.32;ἐν αἴσᾳ A.Supp.545
(lyr.); opp.παρ' αἶσαν Pi.P.8.13
.2 one's lot, destiny, οὐ γάρ οἱ τῇδ' αἶσα . . ὀλέσθαι, ἀλλ' ἔτι οἱ μοῖρ' ἐστί . . Od.5.113: c. inf.,ἔτι γάρ νύ μοι αἶσα βιῶναι 14.359
, cf. 13.306, al.; κακῇ αἴσῃ . . ἑλόμην by ill luck, Il.5.209;ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν αἴσᾳ B.12.66
;τὸν αἶσ' ἄπλατος ἴσχει S.Aj.256
(lyr.), cf. AP7.624 (Diod.).3 generally, share in a thing, ληΐδος, ἐλπίδος, αἶ., Od.5.40, 19.84;χθονός Pi.P.9.56
; at a common meal ([place name] Argive), Hegesand.31; τῶ Διὸς τῶ ϝοίνω αἶ. Inscr.Cypr.148; λαχεῖν αἶ. IG5 (2).40 ([place name] Tegea); for the prov. ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ v.s. κάρ. —[dialect] Ep., Lyr., and Trag., but only in lyr. in S. and E.
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