Bible Lexicons

μερίζω,

Dor. μερῐδαρχ-ίσδω, Bion 2.31: Att. fut. - ιῶ Pl. Prm. 131c: aor. ἐμέρισα Nicom.Com. 1.27; Dor. part. μερίξας Ti.Locr. 99d: pf. μεμέρικα D.H. Pomp. 4: — Med., fut. - ίσομαι Sopat. in Rh. 8.306 W., - ιοῦμαι LXX Proverbs 14:18 : aor. ἐμερισάμην Isa 9.24, etc.: pf. μεμέρισμαι D. 47.34 (v.l. νενέμημαι): — Pass., fut. μεριοῦμαι Arist. PA 664a27, μερισθήσομαι Plot. 4.3.8, 6.4.4: aor. ἐμερίσθην Pl. Ti. 56d, etc.: pf. μεμέρισμαι Id. Prm. 144b, D. 15.5, etc.: (μερίς): —

I

1. divide, distribute, Pl. Prm. 131c; μ. τὸ ἄπειρον Arist. Ph. 204a34; μ. [ἀρχήν] τινα εἰς πλείους Id. Pol. 1321b37; καθ' ἕκαστον εἶδος πολιτείας μ. make a division, ib. 1304b19: abs., split up the amount, ib. 1268b15: Arith., μ. τι παρά τι, εἴς τι, divide by.., Dioph. 4.33, 34, al.: abs., Gal. 5.223.

2. assign a part, allot, ἐφ' ἕκαστον μ. τὸ φιλεῖν Arist. MM 1213b5; μ. τοὺς τόκους πρὸς τὸν πλοῦν allot the interest according to the voyage, i.e. pay only a part of it, if a part only of the voyage has been performed, D. 56.49; allot, assign spheres of duty, τινι PHamb. 24.6 (Pass.); apportion, allocate funds, IG 22.29.18, al., SIG 577.22 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.) (Pass., IG 22.1672.116,al.); τὸ μὲν εἰς δαπάνην, τὸ δ' εἰς θησαυρισμόν Phld. Oec. p.71 J., cf. Sto. 339.15, Metrod. Herc. 831.13; bestow, POxy. 713.29 (i A.D.), etc.; κατὰ τόπους μ. τὰς ἀναγραφάς divide, arrange them, D.H. Th. 9; μ. τινὰ τοῖς ποιηταῖς, i. e. make one a theme for several tragedies, Him. Ecl. 4.18: — Pass., to be delivered over, εἰς ὕβριν καὶ δουλείαν Chor. p.216 B.

3. sever, cut off, πελέκει χεῖρα Him. Or. 2.21.

4. apply by turns, τὰς χεῖρας τῷ τε τείχει καὶ τῇ λύρᾳ ib. 21.12.

II

1. Med., μερίζεσθαί τι divide among themselves, χρήματα Din. 1.10, cf. Theoc. 21.31; τι μετά τινος D. 34.18; πρός τινα τὴν ἀρχήν Hdn. 3.10.6; take possession of, τι D. 34.35; ἠρόμην αὐτὸν πότερα μεμερισμένος εἴη πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν whether he had gone shares with his brother, Id. 47.34.

2. c. gen. rei, get a portion of, Isa 9.24. take part in, τοῦ ἀδικήματος Arist. EN 1137a2.

III

1. Pass., to be divided, κατὰ μέρος X. An. 5.1.9 (s. v.l.); ἐπὶ πολλά Hp. Insomn. 86; τὸ μερίζεσθαι τὰς οὐσίας εἰς ὁποσονοῦν πλῆθος Arist. Pol. 1265b3; μ. πρὸς ἑκάστην διοίκησιν (sc. αἱ πρόσοδοι) are distributed, ib. 1321b32; ἐς πᾶσαν πεῖραν μ. make attempts in every direction, App. BC 4.78, cf. Luc. DDeor. 24.1; μερίζεταί τι ἀπό τινος Id. Nav. 8.

2. to be dispersed, ὕδωρ ὑπὸ πυρὸς μερισθέν Pl. Ti. 56d; to be split up, ἄνθρωπος πληγῇ τινι μεριζόμενος Democr. 32: metaph., have divided interests, disperse one's energy, Chor. p.11 B.; also, to be split into parties or factions, Plb. 8.21.9, App. BC 1.1, Hdn. 3.10.4; μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός; 1 Corinthians 1:13.

3. to be reckoned as part, ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ τινος μ. D. 15.5.