μέρος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros; equivalent to μερ- (mer-), the root of μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive as one's portion”) + -ος (-os).[1] Compare μέλος (mélos, “limb, member”), of similar meaning and superficial pronunciation but different origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ros/
Noun
[edit]μέρος • (méros) n (genitive μέρεος or μέρους); third declension
- part, component, region
- share, portion
- one's turn
- heritage, lot, destiny
- member of a set, kind, type
- 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 11:
- τοῦ δὲ λόγου μέρη ἐστὶν ὀκτώ· ὄνομα, ῥῆμα, μετοχή, ἄρθρον, ἀντωνυμία, πρόθεσις, ἐπίρρημα, σύνδεσμος.
- toû dè lógou mérē estìn oktṓ; ónoma, rhêma, metokhḗ, árthron, antōnumía, próthesis, epírrhēma, súndesmos.
- There are eight parts of speech [= types of word]: noun, verb, participle, article, pronoun, preposition, adverb, conjunction.
- τοῦ δὲ λόγου μέρη ἐστὶν ὀκτώ· ὄνομα, ῥῆμα, μετοχή, ἄρθρον, ἀντωνυμία, πρόθεσις, ἐπίρρημα, σύνδεσμος.
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μέρος tò méros |
τὼ μέρει tṑ mérei |
τᾰ̀ μέρη tà mérē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μέρους toû mérous |
τοῖν μεροῖν toîn meroîn |
τῶν μερῶν tôn merôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μέρει tôi mérei |
τοῖν μεροῖν toîn meroîn |
τοῖς μέρεσῐ / μέρεσῐν toîs méresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μέρος tò méros |
τὼ μέρει tṑ mérei |
τᾰ̀ μέρη tà mérē | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέρος méros |
μέρει mérei |
μέρη mérē | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μέρος tò méros |
τὼ μέρει / μέρεε tṑ mérei / méree |
τᾰ̀ μέρεᾰ tà mérea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μέρεος / μέρευς toû méreos / méreus |
τοῖν μερέοιν toîn meréoin |
τῶν μερέων tôn meréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μέρει / μέρεῐ̈ tôi mérei / méreï |
τοῖν μερέοιν toîn meréoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μέρεσῐ / μέρεσῐν toîsi(n) méresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μέρος tò méros |
τὼ μέρει / μέρεε tṑ mérei / méree |
τᾰ̀ μέρεᾰ tà mérea | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέρος méros |
μέρει / μέρεε mérei / méree |
μέρεᾰ mérea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 933
Further reading
[edit]- “μέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μέρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “μέρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3313 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- μέρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- allotment idem, page 25.
- assignment idem, page 46.
- attribute idem, page 52.
- bit idem, page 80.
- branch idem, page 93.
- concern idem, page 155.
- department idem, page 211.
- detachment idem, page 218.
- division idem, page 244.
- dole idem, page 246.
- element idem, page 265.
- factor idem, page 301.
- far idem, page 306.
- fraction idem, page 342.
- fragment idem, page 342.
- ingredient idem, page 440.
- link idem, page 493.
- lot idem, page 501.
- morsel idem, page 541.
- part idem, page 593.
- partly idem, page 595.
- piece idem, page 611.
- portion idem, page 627.
- proportion idem, page 653.
- province idem, page 654.
- quarter idem, page 663.
- quota idem, page 667.
- section idem, page 747.
- share idem, page 762.
- sphere idem, page 801.
- turn idem, page 901.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]μέρος • (méros) n (plural μέρη)
- (most senses) part (a fraction of a whole)
- Το αγγλικό Βικιλεξικό αποτελεί μέρος ενός πολυεθνικού διαδικτυακού εγχειρήματος.
- To anglikó Vikilexikó apoteleí méros enós polyethnikoú diadiktyakoú encheirímatos.
- English Wiktionary is part of an online multinational project.
- place (an area; somewhere within an area)
- Σ’ αυτό το μέρος είναι κρυμμένος ένας θησαυρός.
- S’ aftó to méros eínai krymménos énas thisavrós.
- There's treasure hidden at this place.
- (music) movement, part
- Το τρίτο μέρος της συμφωνίας.
- To tríto méros tis symfonías.
- The third movement of the symphony.
- party, side (group of people forming one side in a given dispute)
- Τα ενδιαφερόμενα μέρη κατέληξαν σε συμβιβαστική λύση.
- Ta endiaferómena méri katélixan se symvivastikí lýsi.
- The interested parties reached a compromise.
- (euphemistic) loo, privy, commode, lavatory (toilet)
- πάω στο μέρος ― páo sto méros ― to go to the loo
Declension
[edit]Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mer- (allot)
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (neuter noun)
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek terms with quotations
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek neuter nouns
- Greek terms with usage examples
- el:Music
- Greek euphemisms
- Greek nouns declining like 'δάσος'