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, 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.).
