μέρος

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εος, τό, (μείρομαι) first in h.Cer.399 (v. infr. IV), h.Merc.53 (v. infr. II.2):—

   A share, portion, Pi.O.8.77, Hdt.1.145, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (Cyrene), etc.; μέρος ἔχοντα Μουσᾶν B.3.71; ἔχει δόμων μ. E.Ph.483; κτεάνων μ. A.Ag.1574 (anap.); συμβαλέσθαι τὸ μ. D.41.11; τὰ μ. τινῶν κομίζεσθαι ibid.; λαβεῖν τῆς μεθόδου τὸ μ. Arist. Pol.1295a3; of work put out to contract, allotment, IG22.463.7, 26.    2 heritage, lot, destiny, μεθέξειν τάφου μ. A.Ag.507; ἔχετον κοινοῦ θανάτου μ. S.Ant.147 (anap.); τοῦτο γὰρ . . σπάνιον μ. is a rare portion, E.Alc.474 (lyr.); ἀπὸ μέρους προτιμᾶσθαι from considerations of rank or family, Th.2.37.    II one's turn, ἐπείτε αὐτῆς μ. ἐγίνετο τῆς ἀπίξιος Hdt.3.69; μ. ἑκατέρῳ νέμειν Id.2.173; ὅταν ἥκῃ μ. ἔργων the turn or time for... A.Ch.827 (lyr.), cf. Pl.R.540b; ἀγγέλου μ. his turn of duty as messenger, A.Ag.291.    2 with Preps., ἀνὰ μέρος in turn, successively, E.Ph.478, Arist.Pol.1287a17; κατὰ μέρος h.Merc.53, Th.4.26, etc.; κατὰ μ. λέγειν severally, Pl.Tht.157b; κατὰ μέρη ἄκουε ib.182b; τὰ κατὰ μέρος the particulars, Phld.Sign. 23, D.1.22; τὸ κατὰ μ. ἄστρον ib.3.9; ἐν μέρεϊ in turn, Hdt.1.26, al.; κλῦθί νυν ἐν μ., ἀντάκουσον ἐν μ., A.Ch.332 (lyr.), Eu.198; by turns, in succession, Id.Ag.332, 1192, Th.8.93; ἐν μ. καὶ ἐφεξῆς Pl. Lg.819b; ἐν τῷ μέρει in one's turn, Hdt.5.70, E.Or.452, Ar.Ra.32, 497, Pl.Grg.462a; ἐν τῷ μ. καὶ παρὰ τὸ μ. in and out of turn, X.An. 7.6.36; παρὰ μέρος in turn, by turns, ἄρχειν Plu.Fab.10, cf. Ant. Lib.30.1, Nicom.Ar.1.8.10, Iamb.in Nic.p.33 P.; [ἡ ψυχὴ] παρὰ μ. ἐν τῇ γενέσει γίνεται καὶ ἐν τοῖς θεοῖς ἐστιν Procl.Inst.206 (but also, partially, Alciphr.3.66).    III the part one takes in a thing, μέτεστι χὑμῖν τῶν πεπραγμένων μ. E.IT1299; ὑμέτερον μ. [ἐστί] c. inf., Pl.La.180a.    2 freq. in periphrases, τοὐμὸν μέρος, τὸ σὸν μ., my or thy part, i.e. simply I or me, thou or thee, ὅσον τὸ σὸν μ. S.OT1509, cf. Ant.1062, Pl.Cri.45d: abs. as Adv., τοὐμὸν μ. as to me, οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μ. S.Tr.1215, cf. E.Heracl.678; τὸ σὸν μέρος as to thee, S.OC1366; τοὐκείνου μ. E.Hec.989: rarely, κατὰ τὸ σὸν μ. Pl.Ep. 328e.    IV part, opp. the whole, ὡρέων τρίτατον μ. h.Cer.399, etc.; τρίτον κασιγνητᾶν μ., i. e. one of three sisters, Pi.P.12.11; μέρει τινὶ τῶν βαρβάρων Th.1.1; τὰ δύο μ. two-thirds, ib.104, Aeschin. 3.143, D.59.101; τρία μέρη... τὸ δὲ τέταρτον Nic.Dam.130.17 J.; οὐδὲν ἂν μέρος οὖσαι φανεῖεν τῶν . . no fraction of... i. e. infinitesimal compared with... Isoc.5.43, cf.12.54; ὅσα ἄλλα μ. ἐντὸς τοῦ Ἴστρου parts of the country, regions, Th.2.96, cf. 4.98; ξυγκαταδουλοῦν . . τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης μ., i. e. the sea as their part of the business, Id.8.46: hence, branch, business, matter, Men.Epit.17, Pk.107, Plb.1.4.2, 1.20.8, al., PRyl.127 (i A.D.); τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μ. Pl.Lg.795e; division of an army, X.An.6.4.23, etc.; class or party, Th.2.37, D.18.292; of the factions in the circus, πρασίνων μ. POxy.145.2 (vi A.D.); party in a contract or lawsuit, BGU168.24 (ii A.D.), PRein.44.34 (ii A.D.); caste, Str.15.1.39:—special uses, in Geom., direction, ἐπὶ θάτερον μ. interpol. in Archim.Aequil.1.13, cf. Euc.1.27, al.: Arith., submultiple, Id.7 Def.3, 4; τὰ μ. the denominators of fractions, Hero *Stereom.2.14: Gramm., μ. τῆς λέξεως part of speech, Arist.Po.1456b20, D.H.Comp. 2: more freq. μ. λόγου D.T.634.4, A.D.Pron.4.6, al.; μ. λόγου, also, = word, S.E.M.1.159, Heph.1.4 (v. λόγος IX. 3 c); section of a document, Mitteis Chr.28.30 (iii B. C.), etc.    2 abs. as Adv., μέρος τι in part, Th.4.30, etc.; μέρος μέν τι... μέρος δέ τι . . X.Eq.1.12; τὸ πλεῖστον μ. for the most part, D.S.22.10.    b with Preps., κατά τι μέρος Pl.Lg.757e; κατὰ τὸ πολὺ μ. Id.Ti.86d; ἐκ μέρους in part, γινώσκομεν 1 Ep.Cor.13.9 (but ἐκ μ. τινός by the side of, LXX 1 Ki. 6.8; ἐκ μ. τῶν ὁρίων ib.Nu.20.16; ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρους ib.8.2); ἐκ τοῦ πλείστου μ. for the most part, Hdn.8.2.4; ἀπὸ μέρους in part, Antip.Stoic.3.249, BGU1201.15 (i A.D.), 2 Ep.Cor.2.5; ἐπὶ μέρους Luc.Bis Acc.2; τὰς ἐπὶ μέρους γράφειν πράξεις special histories, Plb. 7.7.6; αἱ ἐπὶ μ. συντάξεις Id.3.32.10; πρὸς μέρος in proportion, Th. 6.22, D.36.32.    3 ἐν μέρει τινὸς τιθέναι, etc., to put in the class of... consider as so and so, εἰ ἐν ἀρετῆς τιθεῖς μέρει τὴν ἀδικίαν Pl.R.348e; οὐ τίθημ' ἐν ἀδικήματος μ. D.23.148; also ἐν τεκμηρίου μ. ποιεῖσθαι τἀδίκημα Id.44.50; ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μ. to be as no one, Id.2.18; μήτ' ἐν ἀνθρώπου μ. μήτ' ἐν θεοῦ ζῆν Alex.240.2; ἐν προσθήκης μ. as an appendage, D.11.8; ἐν ὑπηρέτου καὶ προσθήκης μ. γίγνεσθαι Id.3.31; ἐν χάριτος μ. Id.21.165; τοῦτ' ἐν εὐεργεσίας ἀριθμήσει μ. ib.166; ἐν ἰδιώτου μ. διαγαγεῖν Isoc.9.24; ὡς ἐν παιδιᾶς μ. Pl.R.424d; also εἰς εὐεργεσίας μέρος καταθέσθαι D.23.17.    4 in local sense, district, POxy.2113.25 (iv A.D.).    5 in Neo-Platonism, by way of species or element, ἐν μέρει καὶ ὡς στοιχεῖον Dam.Pr.193; οὕτω ὁ μέγας Ἰάμβλιχος ἐνόησεν τὸ ἓν ὂν ἐν μέρει ἑκάτερον ib.176; πάντα μὲν ἅμα, ἐν μέρει δὲ ἕκαστον Plot.3.6.18.