μόριον

μόριον, τό, prop. Dim. of μόρος,

A piece, portion, Hdt.7.23, Pl.R.525e, etc.; of quarters of the world, Hdt.2.16; parts of a country, Th.7.58; of an army, Id.2.39;

ψυχῆς μ. E.Andr.541

(anap.);

βραχεῖ μορίῳ τῆς δαπάνης Th.8.46

;

ἐν βραχεῖ μ. ἡμέρας Id.1.85

, cf. 141;

ψαμάθου μ. βραχύ AP7.404.7

(Zon.).

II constituent part, member (opp. μέρος, a mere part), μ. ἀρετῆς, πολιτικῆς, Pl.Lg.696b, Grg.463d;

εἰς ἃ τὸ εἶδος διαιρεθείη ἂν . . λέγεται μόρια τούτου Arist.Metaph.1023b18

; τέχναι καὶ ἐπιστῆμαι κατὰ μόριον γινόμεναι, opp. περὶ γένος ἕν τι τέλειαι, Id.Pol.1288b11.

2 esp. of the members or parts of the body, Id.HA488b29; περὶ ζῴων μορίων, title of the treatise de partibus animalium: in pl., esp. parts or genitals, male and female,

ἀνδρεῖα μόρια Luc.Vit.Auct.6

;

τὰ γεννητικὰ μ. D.S.1.85

;

τὰ μόρια Plu.2.797f

: less freq. in sg., μ. ἀνδρὸς γόνιμον ib.323b, cf. Gal. 12.431;

μ. γυναικεῖον Luc.DMort.28.2

.

3 of persons, member of a council, etc., Arist.Pol.1282a37.

III Gramm., part of speech, D.H.Comp.6, A.D.Pron.36.21, al.; in full,

μ. λέξεως D.H. Comp. 17

;

μ. λόγου Plu.2.731e

.

2 prefix or suffix, opp. μέρος (part of a word), Corn.ND13, EM141.47,809.9.

IV Arith., fraction with 1 for numerator, Dioph. 1p.6T.; also, fraction in general, Id.5.20,al.; denominator of a fraction, Id.1.23, al., Hero *Stereom.2.16; μορίου or ἐν μορίῳ c. gen., divided by . . , Dioph.3.19, 1.25.