πότμος,ὁ, (πίπτω) poet. word,
A. that which befalls one, lot, destiny:
1. in Hom. always ofevil destiny,esp. ofdeath;of the killer,πότμον ἐφῆκε, ἐφήσω,
Il. 4.396 , Od. 19.550 ; or of the killed, πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
Il. 6.412
, Od. 2.250 , al.; θάνατον καὶ π. ἐπισπεῖν
Il. 2.359
, 20.337 , al.; also θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
7.52
, Od. 4.562 , al.; ὀλόμην καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον
11.197
; αἴ κε θάνῃς καὶ πότμον ἀναπλήσῃς βιότοιο
Il. 4.170
, cf. 11.263 ; alsoπότμον ἐφάψαι,
= π. ἐφεῖναι , Pi. O. 9.60 , cf. B. 5.158 , etc.;πότμον ἀμπιπλάντες ὁμοῖον,of the Dioscuri who lived on alternate days, Pi. N. 10.57 .