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.