Moirae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life.

Word forms

Moirae the Moirae Mœræ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “Moirae”), from μοῖρᾰ (moîră, “lot, destiny”).

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