μέρος, εος, τό, (μείρομαι) first in [
Refs]:—
share, portion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of work put out to contract,
allotment, [
Refs]
2)
heritage, lot, destiny, μεθέξειν τάφου μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο γὰρ. σπάνιον μ. is a rare
portion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μέρους προτιμᾶσθαι from
considerations of rank or
family, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
one's turn, ἐπείτε αὐτῆς μ. ἐγίνετο τῆς ἀπίξιος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν ἥκῃ μ. ἔργων
the turn or
time for, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγέλου μ.
his turn of duty as messenger, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) with Preps, ἀνὰ μέρος
in turn, successively, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ μ. λέγειν
severally, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κατὰ μέρος the
particulars, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
in turn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῦθί νυν ἐν μ, ἀντάκουσον ἐν μ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
by turns, in succession, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ μέρει
in one's turn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ μ. καὶ παρὰ τὸ μ.
in and
out of turn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ μέρος
in turn, by turns, ἄρχειν [
Refs 1st c.AD+] (but also,
partially, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
III)
the part one takes in a thing, μέτεστι χὑμῖν τῶν πεπραγμένων μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμέτερον μ. [ἐστί] with
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) frequently in periphrases, τοὐμὸν μέρος, τὸ σὸν μ,
my or
thy part, i.e. simply I or
me, thou or
thee, ὅσον τὸ σὸν μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adverb, τοὐμὸν μ.
as to me, οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σὸν μέρος
as to thee, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
part, opposed to the whole, ὡρέων τρίτατον μ. [
Refs]; τρίτον κασιγνητᾶν μ, i. e. one of three sisters, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δύο μ. two-thirds,[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἂν μέρος οὖσαι φανεῖεν τῶν. no
fraction of, i. e. infinitesimal compared with, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσα ἄλλα μ. ἐντὸς τοῦ Ἴστρου
parts of the country, regions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγκαταδουλοῦν. τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης μ, i. e. the sea
as their part of the business, [
Refs]: hence,
branch, business, matter, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη καὶ μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
division of an army, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
class or
party, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the
factions in the circus, πρασίνων μ. [
Refs 6th c.AD+];
party in a contract or lawsuit, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
caste, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:—special uses, in Geometry texts,
direction, ἐπὶ θάτερον μ. interpolated in [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Arith,
submultiple, [
Refs]; τὰ μ. the
denominators of fractions, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
part of speech, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. λόγου, also, =
word, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
section of a document, Mitteis [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
IV.2) _absolutely_ as
adverb, μέρος τι
in part, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέρος μέν τι, μέρος δέ τι. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πλεῖστον μ. for the most
part, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV.2.b) with Preps, κατά τι μέρος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ μέρους in
part, γινώσκομεν [
NT] by the
side of, [
LXX]; ἐκ μ. τῶν ὁρίων[
LXX]; ἐκ τοῦ πλείστου μ. for the most
part, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀπὸ μέρους in
part, [
NT+1st c.AD+]
special histories, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πρὸς μέρος
in proportion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.3) ἐν μέρει τινὸς τιθέναι, etc, to put
in the class of, consider
as so and so, εἰ ἐν ἀρετῆς τιθεῖς μέρει τὴν ἀδικίαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μ. to be
as no one, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐν προσθήκης μ.
as an appendage, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.4) in local sense,
district, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
IV.5) in Neo-Platonism,
by way of species or
element, ἐν μέρει καὶ ὡς στοιχεῖον [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; οὕτω ὁ μέγας Ἰάμβλιχος ἐνόησεν τὸ ἓν ὂν ἐν μέρει ἑκάτερον[
Refs 3rd c.AD+]