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μέρος 1

I.a part, share, Hdt., etc.
2.one's portion, heritage, lot, Aesch.; ἀπὸ μέρους from considerations of rank, Thuc.
II.one's turn, Hdt., etc.; ἀγγέλου μ. his turn of duty as messenger, Aesch.:— ἀνὰ μέρος in turn, by turns, Eur.; so, κατὰ μέρος Thuc.; ἐν μέρει in turn, Hdt., etc.; ἐν τῷ μέρει in one's turn, id=Hdt.; παρὰ τὸ μ. out of one's turn, Xen.; πρὸς μέρος in proportion, Thuc.; τὸ μέρος in part, Hdt.
III.the part one takes in a thing, or the part assigned one, τοὐμὸν μέρος, τὸ σὸν μ. my or thy part, i. e. simply I or me, thou or thee, Soph.; and absol. as adv., τοὐμὸν μ. as to me, Lat. quod ad me attinet, id=Soph.
IV.a part, as opp. to the whole, ἡμέρας μ. Aesch.: a division of an army, Xen.; τὰ πέντε μ. five-sixths, τὰ ὀκτὼ μ. eight-ninths, etc.
2.ἐν μέρει τινὸς τιθέναι, ποιεῖσθαι to put in the class of . . , consider as so and so, Plat.; ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μέρει to be as no one, Dem.; ἐν προσθήκης μέρει as an appendage, id=Dem.

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