{"def":{"short":"a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)","long":["a part",["a part due or assigned to one","lot, destiny"],"one of the constituent parts of a whole",["in part, partly, in a measure, to some degree, as respects a part, severally, individually","any particular, in regard to this, in this respect"]]},"deriv":"from an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι (to get as a section or allotment)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈmɛ.ros","ipa_mod":"ˈme̞.rows","sbl":"meros","dic":"MEH-rose","dic_mod":"MAY-rose"}}