fatal adj.

2022-09-01 fatal

TR5.1 Ăpróchĕn gán thĕ fátăl désty̆né
TR5.2 Thăt Jóvĕs háth ĭn díspŏsícĭóun,
TR5.3 Ănd tó yŏw, ángry̆ Párcăs, sústrĕn thré,
TR5.4 Cŏmmíttĕth tŏ dón éxĕcúcĭóun;
TR5.5 Fŏr whích Crĭséydĕ móste óut ŏf thĕ tówn,
TR5.6 Ănd Tróĭlús shăl dwéllĕn fórth ĭn pýnĕ
TR5.7 Tĭl Láchĕsís hĭs thréd nŏ léngĕr twýnĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): The fatal destiny was approaching that Jove has the power to control and entrusts to you three sisters, the angry Fates, to carry out; by which Criseyde must leave the city, and Troilus live on afterwards in suffering, until Lachesis no longer spins the thread of his life.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): ユーピテルが影響力を持ち、怒りの三人姉妹パルカエに執行を委ねるという命にかかわる運命が近づいた。そのためにクリセイデは町から出て行かねばならず、ラケシスがもはや糸を紡がなくなるまで、トロイルスは苦悩のうちに生きていかねばならない。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 无情的命运到临了，穹父已任命你们三位女神主司；克丽西德已注定了要离去特洛亚，而特罗勒斯不得不在痛苦中停留，等待着拉奇息斯纺完了他的命线为止。

Word Information

Etymology: L&OF
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: destiny or fate (destiny)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: (Quoted) †1. Allotted or decreed by fate or destiny; destined, fated. Const. to, unto. Obsolete. (s.v. fatal, adj.)
MED: (Quoted) 2. Allotted by fate to a particular person or persons; predetermined, fated. (s.v. fātāl, adj.)

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 269): fatal: fated
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) predestined, fated (s.v. fatal, adj.)
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

predetermined, fated

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘angry’ (adj., Tr5.3).