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μεριστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεριστής μεριστοῦ

Structure: μεριστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: meri/zw

Sense

  1. a divider

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μεριστής μεριστᾱ́ μερισταί
Genitive μεριστοῦ μερισταῖν μεριστῶν
Dative μεριστῇ μερισταῖν μερισταῖς
Accusative μεριστήν μεριστᾱ́ μεριστᾱ́ς
Vocative μεριστά μεριστᾱ́ μερισταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ ἁπλοῦν καὶ ἀπαθὲσ καὶ καθαρὸν αὐτῆσ καὶ μονοειδὲσ ἀμερὲσ εἴρηται καὶ ἀμέριστον ᾧ καὶ τῶν συνθέτων καὶ μεριστῶν καὶ διαφερομένων ἁμωσγέπωσ θιγοῦσα παύει τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ καθίστησιν εἰσ μίαν δι’ ὁμοιότητοσ ἕξιν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 21 3:1)
  • ἀνάγκη δὲ τοῦτο συμβαίνειν, τῶν μὲν κινουμένων κατὰ τὸ πρότερον καὶ τὸ ὕστερον, τῶν δὲ διαστημάτων, ἃ διεξίασιν, εἰσ ἄπειρον ὄντων μεριστῶν, ὥσπερ ἀξιοῦσιν οὗτοι. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 43 3:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ πάντων ταῦτα λέγεται, ἀλλὰ τῶν μεριστῶν καὶ μὴ ὅλων· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 42:5)
  • τούτων δὲ τῶν μεριστῶν τὰ μὲν ὁμοιομερῆ, τὰ δὲ ἀνομοιομερῆ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 106:8)
  • τῶν δὲ μεριστῶν τὰ μὲν ὁμοιομερῆ, τὰ δὲ ἀνομοιομερῆ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 107:4)

Synonyms

  1. a divider

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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