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[408] ἄμμορον: cf. 22.485 “δυσάμμορος”: here and 24.773 “τινὲς γράφουσιν ἐμὸν μόρον, οὐκ εὖ” (Ariston.). In Od. 20.76 we have the curious phrase “μοῖράν τ᾽ ἀμμορίην τε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων”, which apparently means ‘that which fate does and does not bestow,’ i.e. both good and ill fortune. Thus “ἄμμορος” means ‘deprived of “μοῖρα”,’ the just due of mankind, and hence ill-fated, opposed to “μοιρηγενής” 3.182 (q.v.). In 18.489 = Od. 5.275 it simply means ‘not partaking of.’

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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