A.part, portion, Pl.Sph.266a, etc.; “κρεῶν” Pherecr.45 (lyr.), D.43.82, cf. Thphr.Char.30.4, LXX Ge.43.34, Plu. Ages.17, Hippoloch. ap. Ath.4.130d; “μ. δίκρεως” SIG1013.4 (Chios, iv B. C.); γυναιξὶν μερίδας ποησάντωσανἴσας ib.1044.42 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.): metaph., Vett.Val.345.16; τὴν μ. τὴν ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου portion of sacrificial meat allotted to a member of the court, Din.1.56; “τὴν τοῦ Προμηθέως μ.” Luc.Merc.Cond.26; “μ. τῆς οὐσίας” Men.235.5, cf. PLond.3.880 (ii B. C.); share in a mine, D.42.3: generally, ἐκτῶν λόγων μ. ἑκατέρῳ ἴση ἐστί (with vv. ll.), Antipho 5.51; “ἐν προσθήκῃ μ. οὐ μικρά” D.2.14.
2. contribution, quota, μερίδ᾽ εἰς σωτηρίαν ὑπάρχειν contribute to . . , Id.21.70; μεγάλη . . μ. καὶ πλεονεξία ib.184; “τὰ δεῖπνα πρὸς μερίδα γίγνεται” Plu.2.644c; “ἀποστείλαντος μερίδα τοῦ φίλου” Thphr.Char.17.2.
3. plot of ground, LXX 4 Ki.9.21, al., CIL11.1147 pp.iii 2, vi86, al. (Veleia); “μ. γῆς” PStrassb.84.3 (ii B. C.).
b. region, district, PPetr. 3pp.28,78 (iii B. C.), PTeb.32.18 (ii B. C.), OGI177.12 (Egypt, ii/i B. C.), Act.Ap.16.12, etc.
d. metaph., province, Jul. adThem.266b.
II. division, class, “πολιτῶν” E.Supp. 238, cf. Jul.adThem.253c; esp. in political sense, party, faction, Pl. Lg.692b, D.18.64; “ἡ Σύλλα μ.” Plu.2.203b.