μέρος

μέρος, εος, τό, ([etym.] 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 ([place name] 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

.