μερ-ισμός,ὁ,
A. dividing, division, Pl. Lg. 903b , Thphr. CP 1.12.6 , etc.; ὁ τῶν θεῶν ἔσχατος μ. ἄχρι τῆς ὕλης προῆλθεν
Dam. Pr. 134
; esp.apportionment, allocationof funds, Arist. Ath. 48.2 ;distributionof money, SIG 364.81 (Ephesus,iii B. C.); of victims, ib. 1017.16 (Sinope,iii B. C.);οὐκ ἔνεστιν οὐδὲ εἷς παρ' ἐμοὶ μ., 'going shares', Men. Epit. 244 .
2. partition, τῆς Ἀκαρνανίας
Plb. 9.34.7
.
3. share of taxation, assessment,
PTeb. 58.38
(ii B. C.), 29.15
(ii B. C.), Ostr.Bodl. ii 18 , 41
(ii A. D.).
4. role, part assigned, in a religious ceremony, IG 22.1368.65
(ii A. D.).
5. kind of gymnastic, Gal. Thras. 47 .