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μόριον

morion

piece, portion

Appears 187 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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 AP 7.404.7 (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. HA 488b29; 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. ND 13, EM 141.47,809.9. 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.
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