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the three Fates of ancient Rome, developed out of the goddess Parca by identification with the Moerae of Greek mythology.
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PARCAE — filiae Iovis ex Themide, an ex Nocte, Chao, Necessitate? etc. Deae fatales, humanae vitae stamina dispensantes. Dictae autem videntur Parcae a partu, teste Varrone, loc. cit. eo quod nascentibus hominibus bona malaque conferre censeantur. Sed… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Parcae — Par c[ae], n. pl. [L.] The Fates. See {Fate}, 4. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parcae — (lat., Myth.), s. Parzen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Parcae — PARCAE, arum, Gr. Μοῖραι, ῶν, (⇒ Tab. I.) 1 §. Namen. Ihren lateinischen Namen sollen diese Göttinnen, nach einigen, von Partus, die Geburt, haben; Varro ap. Gell. l. III. c. 16. wogegen andere ihn wahrscheinlicher von parco, ich schone,… … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
Parcae — [pär′sē] pl.n. [L, pl. of Parca, one of the Fates, orig., a birth goddess < parere, to give birth: see PAROUS] FATES … English World dictionary
Parcae — The Parcae, in Roman mythology, were the personifications of destiny (often called The Fates in English). Their Greek equivalent were the Moirae. They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death.… … Wikipedia
Parcae — From Roman mythology, the Fates. The gods would spin the web of a person s destiny, and the Fates would carry out the gods will by laying out the web, and cutting it when the person s life was to end. The three goddesses were called Moirai.… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
Parcae — Fate Fate (f[=a]t), n. [L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat. See {Fame}, {Fable}, {Ban}, and cf. 1st {Fay}, {Fairy}.] 1. A fixed decree by which the order of things … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parcae — noun plural Etymology: Latin Date: 1575 fate 4 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Parcae — Synonyms and related words: Atropos, Clotho, Dame Fortune, Decuma, Fata, Fates, Fortuna, Heaven, Lachesis, Moirai, Morta, Nona, Norns, Providence, Skuld, Tyche, Urdur, Verthandi, Weird Sisters, Weirds … Moby Thesaurus
