- μέρος
- μέροςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `part, share, section, row, rank' (h. Hom., Thgn., Pi., IA.).Compounds: Rarely as 1. element, e.g. μερ-άρχης m. `distributing official' (Att. inscr.), `commander of a military division' (hell.), very often as 2. part, e.g. πολυ-μερής `consisting of many parts' (Ti. Locr., Arist.).Derivatives: (s. also on μερίζω below) μερίς, -ίδος f. `part, distribution, contribution, plot of ground, district, class' (Att., hell.; on the meaning as against μέρος Chantraine Form. 345) with μερίδ-ιον (Arr.); as 1. member a. o. in μεριδ-άρχης m. `governor of a district' (pap., LXX). -- From μέρος also: μερίτης m. `participant' (D., Plb.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 211, Redard 43) with μεριτικός `belonging to the με-ρίτης' (Lyd.), (συμ-)μεριτεύω, -ομαι `distribute(among themselves)' (LXX, pap.), with μεριτεία `distribution of property' (pap.); μερικός `concerning the part, individual, special' (Aristipp. ap. D. L.) with -κεύω `consider as individual' (Steph. in Rh., Eust.); μερόεν μεριστικόν H.; μέρεια or -εία in ἐν τᾶι μερείᾱι (Tab. Heracl.; cf. Schwyzer 469). -- Denomin. (first from μέρος, but also from μερίς): μερίζω, Dor. -ίσδω, also mith prefix as ἐπι-, δια-, κατα-, `distribute', midd. `dictribute among one another, drive apart' (IA., Theoc., Bion) with (ἐπι-, κατα-) μερισμός `dictribution' (Pl., Arist.), μέρισμα `part' (Orph.), κατα-, ἀνα-μέρισις `distribution' (Epicur.), (συμ-)μεριστής `distributor' resp. `fellow-heir' (Ev. Luc., pap.), f. -ίστρια (sch.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [969] *smer- `think of, remember, care'Etymology: Verbal noun to μείρομαι `take one's share' (s. v.), perf. ἔμμορε `participate'; a supposition on νέμος (connected with νέμω `distribute') as example by Porzig Satzinhalte 264; the neutral σ-stems with ε-vowel were in general very productive (Schwyzer 512).Page in Frisk: 2,212
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.