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μέρος

meros

share, portion

Appears 272 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μέρος, 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, IG 22.463.7, 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. oneʼs 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 oneʼs 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. IT 1299; 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. OT 1509, 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. OC 1366; 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, BGU 168.24 (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, BGU 1201.15 (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 τίθημʼ 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; μήτʼ ἐν ἀνθρώπου μ. μήτʼ 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; τοῦτʼ 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.
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