μόριον: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=τό, prop. Dim. of [[μόρος]], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">piece, portion</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>525e</span>, etc.; of <b class="b2">quarters</b> of the world, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.16</span>; <b class="b2">parts</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">constituent part, member</b> (opp. <b class="b3">μέρος</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> esp. of <b class="b2">the members</b> or <b class="b2">parts</b> 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 <b class="b2">de partibus animalium</b>: in pl., esp. <b class="b2">parts</b> or <b class="b2">genitals</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of persons, <b class="b2">member</b> of a council, etc., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1282a37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">part</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">prefix</b> or <b class="b2">suffix</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μέρος</b> (<b class="b2">part</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Arith., <b class="b2">fraction with</b> <span class="bibl">1</span> <b class="b2">for numerator</b>, <span class="bibl">Dioph. 1p.6T.</span>; also, <b class="b2">fraction in general</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.5.20</span>,al.; <b class="b2">denominator</b> of a fraction, <span class="bibl">Id.1.23</span>, al., Hero <b class="b2">*Stereom</b>.2.16; <b class="b3">μορίου</b> or <b class="b3">ἐν μορίῳ</b> c. gen., <b class="b2">divided by</b>... <span class="bibl">Dioph.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">1.25</span>.</span>

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