μέρος
Alt. μέρος, έος, εος, τό,
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.