# μέρος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros; equivalent to μερ- (mer-), the root of μείρομαι (meíromai, “to receive as one's portion”) +‎ -ος (-os). Compare μέλος (mélos, “limb, member”), of similar meaning and superficial pronunciation but different origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mé.ros/ → /ˈme.ros/ → /ˈme.ros/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /mé.ros/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈme.ros/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈme.ros/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈme.ros/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈme.ros/

### Noun

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.

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ 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

* “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, 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
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɾos/
* Hyphenation: μέ‧ρος

### Noun

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