μόριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, prop. Dim. of [[μόρος]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[piece]], [[portion]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>525e</span>, etc.; of [[quarters]] of the world, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.16</span>; [[parts]] of a country, <span class="bibl">Th.7.58</span>; of an army, <span class="bibl">Id.2.39</span>; ψυχῆς μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>541</span> (anap.); βραχεῖ μορίῳ τῆς δαπάνης <span class="bibl">Th.8.46</span>; ἐν βραχεῖ μ. ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">Id.1.85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">141</span>; ψαμάθου μ. βραχύ <span class="title">AP</span>7.404.7 (Zon.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[constituent part]], [[member]] (opp. [[μέρος]], a mere part), <b class="b3">μ. ἀρετῆς, πολιτικῆς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>696b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>463d</span>; εἰς ἃ τὸ εἶδος διαιρεθείη ἂν… λέγεται μόρια τούτου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1023b18</span>; <b class="b3">τέχναι καὶ ἐπιστῆμαι κατὰ μόριον γινόμεναι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">περὶ γένος ἕν τι τέλειαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1288b11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. of [[the members]] or [[parts]] of the body, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>488b29</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ ζῴων μορίων</b>, title of the treatise [[de partibus animalium]]: in pl., esp. [[parts]] or [[genitals]], male and female, ἀνδρεῖα μόρια <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>6</span>; τὰ γεννητικὰ μ. <span class="bibl">D.S.1.85</span>; τὰ μόρια Plu.2.797f: less freq. in sg., <b class="b3">μ. ἀνδρὸς γόνιμον</b> ib.323b, cf. Gal. 12.431; μ. γυναικεῖον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>28.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[member]] of a council, etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1282a37</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., [[part]] of speech, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>36.21</span>, al.; in full, μ. λέξεως <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span> 17</span>; μ. λόγου Plu.2.731e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[prefix]] or [[suffix]], opp. [[μέρος]] ([[part]] of a word), <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>141.47</span>,<span class="bibl">809.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Arith., [[fraction with]] ''1'' [[for numerator]], <span class="bibl">Dioph. 1p.6T.</span>; also, [[fraction in general]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.20</span>,al.; [[denominator]] of a fraction, <span class="bibl">Id.1.23</span>, al., Hero ''*Stereom''.2.16; [[μορίου]] or <b class="b3">ἐν μορίῳ</b> c. gen., [[divided by]]... <span class="bibl">Dioph.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">1.25</span>.</span>