μέρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, (μείρομαι) first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>399</span> (v. infr. IV), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>53</span> (v. infr. II.<span class="bibl">2</span>):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">share, portion</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.145</span>, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1927.167 (Cyrene), etc.; μέρος ἔχοντα Μουσᾶν <span class="bibl">B.3.71</span>; ἔχει δόμων μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>483</span>; κτεάνων μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1574</span> (anap.); συμβαλέσθαι τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">D.41.11</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μ. τινῶν κομίζεσθαι</b> ibid.; λαβεῖν τῆς μεθόδου τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1295a3</span>; of work put out to contract, <b class="b2">allotment</b>, IG22.463.7, 26. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">heritage, lot, destiny</b>, μεθέξειν τάφου μ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>507</span>; ἔχετον κοινοῦ θανάτου μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>147</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τοῦτο γὰρ… σπάνιον μ</b>. is a rare <b class="b2">portion</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>474</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μέρους προτιμᾶσθαι</b> from <b class="b2">considerations of rank</b> or <b class="b2">family</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">one's turn</b>, ἐπείτε αὐτῆς μ. ἐγίνετο τῆς ἀπίξιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.69</span>; μ. ἑκατέρῳ νέμειν <span class="bibl">Id.2.173</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν ἥκῃ μ. ἔργων</b> <b class="b2">the turn</b> or <b class="b2">time</b> for... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>827</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>540b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγγέλου μ</b>. <b class="b2">his turn of duty</b> as messenger, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>291</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> with Preps., <b class="b3">ἀνὰ μέρος</b> <b class="b2">in turn, successively</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>478</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287a17</span>; κατὰ μέρος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>53</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κατὰ μ. λέγειν</b> <b class="b2">severally</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>157b</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρη ἄκουε</b> ib.<span class="bibl">182b</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κατὰ μέρος</b> the <b class="b2">particulars</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span> 23</span>, <span class="title">D.</span>1.22; <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ μ. ἄστρον</b> ib.3.9; <b class="b3">ἐν μέρεϊ</b> <b class="b2">in turn</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.26</span>, al.; <b class="b3">κλῦθί νυν ἐν μ., ἀντάκουσον ἐν μ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>332</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>198</span>; <b class="b2">by turns, in succession</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>332</span>, <span class="bibl">1192</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.93</span>; ἐν μ. καὶ ἐφεξῆς <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>819b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ μέρει</b> <b class="b2">in one's turn</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.70</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>452</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>32</span>, <span class="bibl">497</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>462a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ μ. καὶ παρὰ τὸ μ</b>. <b class="b2">in</b> and <b class="b2">out of turn</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.6.36</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ μέρος</b> <b class="b2">in turn, by turns</b>, ἄρχειν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>10</span>, cf. Ant. Lib.30.1, <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Ar.</span>1.8.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">in Nic.</span>p.33</span> P.; [ἡ ψυχὴ] παρὰ μ. ἐν τῇ γενέσει γίνεται καὶ ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς ἐστιν <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>206</span> (but also, <b class="b2">partially</b>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.66</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">the part one takes in</b> a thing, μέτεστι χὑμῖν τῶν πεπραγμένων μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1299</span>; <b class="b3">ὑμέτερον μ. [ἐστί</b>] c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>180a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. in periphrases, <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν μέρος, τὸ σὸν μ</b>., <b class="b2">my</b> or <b class="b2">thy part</b>, i.e. simply <span class="title">I</span> or <b class="b2">me, thou</b> or <b class="b2">thee</b>, ὅσον τὸ σὸν μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1509</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>1062</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>45d</span>: abs. as Adv., <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν μ</b>. <b class="b2">as to me</b>, οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1215</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>678</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σὸν μέρος</b> <b class="b2">as to thee</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1366</span>; τοὐκείνου μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>989</span>: rarely, κατὰ τὸ σὸν μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 328e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">part</b>, opp. the whole, ὡρέων τρίτατον μ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>399</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τρίτον κασιγνητᾶν μ</b>., i. e. one of three sisters, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>12.11</span>; μέρει τινὶ τῶν βαρβάρων <span class="bibl">Th.1.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ δύο μ</b>. two-thirds, ib.<span class="bibl">104</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 3.143</span>, <span class="bibl">D.59.101</span>; τρία μέρη... τὸ δὲ τέταρτον <span class="bibl">Nic.Dam.130.17</span> J.; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἂν μέρος οὖσαι φανεῖεν τῶν</b>… no <b class="b2">fraction</b> of... i. e. infinitesimal compared with... <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.43</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">12.54</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσα ἄλλα μ. ἐντὸς τοῦ Ἴστρου</b> <b class="b2">parts of the country, regions</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.96</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.98</span>; <b class="b3">ξυγκαταδουλοῦν… τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης μ</b>., i. e. the sea <b class="b2">as their part</b> of the business, <span class="bibl">Id.8.46</span>: hence, <b class="b2">branch, business, matter</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pk.</span>107</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.4.2</span>, <span class="bibl">1.20.8</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>127</span> (i A.D.); τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>795e</span>; <b class="b2">division</b> of an army, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.4.23</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">class</b> or <b class="b2">party</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.292</span>; of the <b class="b2">factions</b> in the circus, πρασίνων μ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>145.2</span> (vi A.D.); <b class="b2">party</b> in a contract or lawsuit, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>168.24</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRein.</span>44.34</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b2">caste</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.39</span>:—special uses, in Geom., <b class="b2">direction</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θάτερον μ</b>. interpol. in <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Aequil.</span>1.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Euc.1.27</span>, al.: Arith., <b class="b2">submultiple</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>3, 4; <b class="b3">τὰ μ</b>. the <b class="b2">denominators</b> of fractions, Hero <b class="b2">*Stereom</b>.2.14: Gramm., <b class="b3">μ. τῆς λέξεως</b> <b class="b2">part</b> of speech, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456b20</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 2</span>: more freq. μ. λόγου <span class="bibl">D.T.634.4</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>4.6</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μ. λόγου</b>, also, = <b class="b2">word</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.159</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph.1.4</span> (v. <b class="b3">λόγος</b> IX. 3 c); <b class="b2">section</b> of a document, Mitteis <span class="title">Chr.</span>28.30 (iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs. as Adv., <b class="b3">μέρος τι</b> <b class="b2">in part</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.30</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μέρος μέν τι... μέρος δέ τι</b>… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.12</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πλεῖστον μ</b>. for the most <b class="b2">part</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.22.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> with Preps., κατά τι μέρος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>757e</span>; κατὰ τὸ πολὺ μ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>86d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ μέρους</b> in <b class="b2">part</b>, γινώσκομεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>13.9</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐκ μ. τινός</b> by the <b class="b2">side</b> of, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span> 6.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ μ. τῶν ὁρίων</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>20.16</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8.2</span>); <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ πλείστου μ</b>. for the most <b class="b2">part</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.8.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μέρους</b> in <b class="b2">part</b>, <span class="bibl">Antip.Stoic.3.249</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1201.15</span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>2.5</span>; ἐπὶ μέρους Luc.<b class="b2">Bis Acc</b>.2; <b class="b3">τὰς ἐπὶ μέρους γράφειν πράξεις</b> <b class="b2">special</b> histories, <span class="bibl">Plb. 7.7.6</span>; αἱ ἐπὶ μ. συντάξεις <span class="bibl">Id.3.32.10</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς μέρος</b> <b class="b2">in proportion</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 6.22</span>, <span class="bibl">D.36.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν μέρει τινὸς τιθέναι</b>, etc., to put <b class="b2">in the class of</b>... consider <b class="b2">as</b> so and so, εἰ ἐν ἀρετῆς τιθεῖς μέρει τὴν ἀδικίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>348e</span>; οὐ τίθημ' ἐν ἀδικήματος μ. <span class="bibl">D.23.148</span>; also ἐν τεκμηρίου μ. ποιεῖσθαι τἀδίκημα <span class="bibl">Id.44.50</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μ</b>. to be <b class="b2">as</b> no one, <span class="bibl">Id.2.18</span>; μήτ' ἐν ἀνθρώπου μ. μήτ' ἐν θεοῦ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Alex.240.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν προσθήκης μ</b>. <b class="b2">as</b> an appendage, <span class="bibl">D.11.8</span>; ἐν ὑπηρέτου καὶ προσθήκης μ. γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.3.31</span>; ἐν χάριτος μ. <span class="bibl">Id.21.165</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦτ' ἐν εὐεργεσίας ἀριθμήσει μ</b>. ib.166; ἐν ἰδιώτου μ. διαγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.24</span>; ὡς ἐν παιδιᾶς μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>424d</span>; also εἰς εὐεργεσίας μέρος καταθέσθαι <span class="bibl">D.23.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in local sense, <b class="b2">district</b>, POxy.2113.25 (iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in Neo-Platonism, <b class="b2">by way of species</b> or <b class="b2">element</b>, ἐν μέρει καὶ ὡς στοιχεῖον <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>193</span>; <b class="b3">οὕτω ὁ μέγας Ἰάμβλιχος ἐνόησεν τὸ ἓν ὂν ἐν μέρει ἑκάτερον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">176</span>; πάντα μὲν ἅμα, ἐν μέρει δὲ ἕκαστον <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.18</span>.</span>