μητρόπολις

μητροπόλεω̆ς, μητρόπολις

mother-state: fem gen sg (attic)

1. mētropolis, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (μητρόπολις), die Mutterstadt, d.i. von der andere Städte ihre Kolonisten erhalten haben; od. die Hauptstadt einer Provinz, die sich zu den anderen Städten verhält wie eine Mutter zu ihren Töchtern, rein lat. mater (w. vgl.) oder patria maior, Spart. Hadr. 14, 1. Cod. Iust. 11, 22 (21), 1. Cod. Theod. 13, 3, 11. – bildl., Hieron. adv. Iovin. 2. sect. 3.

2. Mētropolis, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (Μητρόπολις), Stadt in Thessalien, zwischen Pharsalus u. Gomphi, Caes. b. c. 3, 80, 6. Liv. 32, 13, 11. – Dav.: a) Mētropolītae, ûm, m. (Μητροπολιται), die Einw. von Metropolis, die Metropoliten, Caes. b. c. 3, 81, 1 u. 2. – b) Metropolītānus, a, um, metropolitanisch, campus, Liv. 38, 15, 13.

patrius, a, um (pater), väterlich, I) adi.: a) väterlich = des Vaters, animus, Cic.: amor, eines Vaters, Ov.: metus, eines Vaters, zärtliche, Ov.: motus, innige, zarte, Ov. – b) väterlich = vom Vater-, von den Vätern (Eltern) stammend od. ererbt, res, Cic.: so auch bona, Ter.: dolor pedum, der Familie eigen, Plin. ep.: mos, von den Voreltern geerbter, alter Brauch, Cic. de or. 1, 84. Ov. met. 12, 11 (vgl. unten no. II, B): so di penates patrii, die von den Voreltern geerbten Hausgötter, Cic.: casus, der Genetiv, Gell.: patrii cultusque habitusque locorum, eigentümlich, Verg. – II) subst.: A) patrium, iī, n. (sc. nomen) = patronymicum, Quint. 1, 5, 45. – B) patria, ae, f. (sc. terra), das Vaterland, die Heimat, der Geburtsort, patriā Atheniensis an Lacedaemonius? Cic.: patriam recuperare, Liv.: alqm restituere in patriam, Liv.: cremata patria, die Vaterstadt, Liv. – patria maior = μητρόπολις, Mutterstadt (im Ggstz. zur Kolonie), Curt. – patria est, ubicumque est bene, Pacuv. tr. fr. bei Cic. Tusc. 5, 108 (Trag. inc. fr. 92 R.²). – arch. Genet. patriai, Lucr. 1, 41. – Dav. ein neues Adi. patrius, a, um, vaterländisch, mos, Cic. parad. 4, 27 (vgl. oben): ritus, Cic.: sermo, Cic.

3390 μητρόπολις

mother Gn 2,24; id. (metaph.) Tob^B 4,13; mother, dam (of anim.) Ex 22,29; mother bird Dt 22,6; mother

metaph. for mother city, capital? Is 50,1, see also Jer 15,10?, 27(50),12, see μητρόπολις

Cf. HORSLEY 1982, 91; →TWNT

λαμπρός, ά, όν, fem. -ή in [dialect] Ep. (Il.17.269, Hom.Epigr.3.3), but -ά in Hes.Th.19, 371:—

A bright, radiant, of the sun and stars,

λ. φάος ἠελίοιο Il.1.605

;

ἀστήρ 4.77

; - ότατος, of Sirius, 22.30 (and of the same,

λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι 5.6

); λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.ll.cc., cf. Th.7.44;

πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι D.H.3.27

; of the eyes, S.OT 1483, E. Hec. 1045, etc., v. infr. 11.3; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, Il.13.132, 17.269: neut. as Adv.,

θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες 13.265

.

2 of white cloths and the like , bright, λαμπρὸς δ' ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών] Od.19.234;

δέρμα.. -ότατον λευκότητι Hdt.4.64

; λ. ἐσθής, = Lat. toga candida, Plb.10.5.1.

3 of water, clear, limpid, A.Eu. 695, Hp.Aër.5, X.HG5.3.19; of air,

λ. ἠήρ Hp.

Aër.15;

αἰθήρ E.Med. 829

([comp] Sup., lyr.).

4 of sound or voice, clear, distinct, Pl.Phlb. 51d, D.19.199;

λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν E.Heracl. 864

;

φωνὴ -οτέρα Arist. HA 545a12

; opp. φ. ἀσαφής, Id.Aud. 801b22;

λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι Plu. 2.768d

; cf.

λάμπω 1.2

.

5 metaph., of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος a keen wind, Hdt.2.96, cf.A.Ag. 1180; λ. ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like a fresh and mighty breeze, Ar.Eq. 430, cf. 760; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come furiously forth, E.Heracl. 280; λ. μάχη a keenly contested battle, Plb.10.12.5; -

ότερος κίνδυνος Id.1.45.9

. Adv. -ρῶς, ἐπικείμενοι vigorously, Th.7.71; utterly, λ. ἡττῆσθαι, λ. περιεστοιχίσθαι, Hld.4.4, 9.1.

6 metaph. also, clear, manifest,

μαρτύρια A.Eu. 797

;

ταῦτ' ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει S.Tr. 1174

;

ἴχνη X.Cyn. 5.5

;

γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη Th.7.55

; λ. φυγή decisive, Arr.An. 2.11.3. Adv. -

ρῶς, κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως A.Pr. 833

;

λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν Th.2.7

;

λ. νικᾶν Arr.An.2.10.4

; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said without concealment, Th.8.67.

II of persons, well-known, illustrious by deeds, station, etc.,

λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι Hdt.6.125

;

ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν -ότατος Id.7.154

; λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις] D.19.269; -

οτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ' ἑαυτούς Th.1.138

;

ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ. Isoc.5.89

;

λ. ἐς γένος E.El.37

;

ἐν λόγοις Id.Supp.[902]

; as honorary title, - ότατος, = Lat. clarissimus, IG14.911, 7.91, etc.; of cities, councils, etc.,

ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις SIG906

A 4 (iv A. D.), cf. 867.4 ([comp] Sup., Ephesus, ii A. D.); of actions, etc.,

ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ' αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται Hdt.3.72

;

τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι S.OC 1144

;

τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους Trag.Adesp.9

.

2 magnificent, munificent,

λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις Isoc.3.56

, cf. D.21.153 ([comp] Sup.); ὁ λ. καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος ib. 174. Adv. -

ρῶς, χορηγεῖν Antipho 2.2.12

, Arist.EN 1122b22.

3 bright, joyous, λ. ὥσπερ ὄμματι, of the bearer of good news, S.OT 81, cf. X.HG4.5.10; λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα with bright hopes, S.El. 1130;

λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν Jul.Or.2.64b

; also ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν, of one clear in conscience, Pi.N.7.66.

III of outward appearance, splendid, brilliant,

νυμφίον.. λ. ὄντα Ar. Pax 859

; of a horse, IG22.956.87, X.Eq.11.1; in dress, Id.Cyn.2.4.5 ([comp] Sup.); of youthful bloom,

ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ. Th.6.54

; of healthy look, Hp.Aër.24; of property, dress, etc.,

εἴ τί γ' ἔστι λ. καὶ καλόν Ar.Pl. 144

, cf. E.Fr.316.5;

κατασκευή X.Smp.1.4

([comp] Comp.); λ. κάλλος beaming beauty, Pl. Phdr. 250b, etc.: more generally

λ. τι ποιεῖν X.Cyr.5.4.15

; τὸ λ. splendour, Pi.N.8.34;

λ. γενέσθαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους Euang.1.3

. Adv. -ῶς, opp. λιτῶς, Phld.Mort.30: [comp] Sup. - ότατα X.Cyr.2.4.1; later - οτάτως JHS44.26 (Ancyra, ii A. D.).

2 of language, brilliant,

τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λ. Ar.Av. 1388

; λ. λέξις ornamental diction, Arist. Po. 1460b4;

λόγος Hermog.Id.1.9

.

IV Astrol., of degrees in a zodiacal sign,

ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο Heph.Astr.1.1

, al.

V for Adv. - ρῶς, v. supr. 1.5 and 6, 11.2, 111.1.

μεσό-πολις, ἡ,

A f.l. for μητρόπολις, Plu.2.301d.

μήτηρ, [dialect] Dor. [full] μάτηρ, ἡ: though parox. in nom., it follows πατήρ in the accent of the obliq. cases, gen. μητερος [var] contr. μητρός, dat. μητέρι, μητρί, both forms being found in Hom., but the longer forms rarely in Trag. exc. lyr., as

A

ματέρος A.Supp. 539

;

ματέρι S.OC 1481

; μητέρος in iambics, E.HF 843, Or. 580, Rh. 393: acc. always μητέρα, μητέρας: voc. μῆτερ:— mother, Il.1.351, etc.; of animals, dam, 17.4, Od.10.414; of a mother-bird, Il.2.313; of queen bees, Arist.HA 553a29, etc.; ἀπὸ ματρὸς φίλας, ἐκ ματρός, from one's mother's womb, Pi.P.5.114, A.Ch. 422 (lyr.): in pl., mother and grandmother, Plu. Agis9; as an address to elderly women,

ὦ μῆτερ D.S.17.37

, cf. Theoc.15.60, etc.: in titles, μ. πατρίδος, = Mater Patriae, D.C.58.2; μ. τῶν ἀηττήτων στρατοπέδων, = Mater invictorum castrorum, of Julia Domna, BGU 362 xi 16 (iii A.D.).

2 of lands, μ. μήλων, θηρῶν, mother of flocks, of game, Il. 2.696,8.47, etc.; freq. of Earth,

γῆ πάντων μ. Hes.Op. 563

;

πὰρ μέσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο.. ματέρος Pi.P.4.74

;

γῆ μήτηρ A.Th.16

, etc.;

ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ E.Hipp. 601

; ἡ Μήτηρ, = Δημήτηρ, τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κούρῃ ὁρτὴν ἄγουσι Hdt.8.65; also of Rhea, Pi.P.3.78;

ὦ Πὰν.., Ματρὸς μεγάλας ὀπαδέ Id.Fr.95

, cf. E.Hel. 1355 (lyr.);

μ. ὀρεία Ar.Av. 746

(lyr.);

Γαλλαὶ μητρὸς ὀρείης φιλόθυρσοι δρομάδες Lyr.Adesp.121

; M.

θεῶν SIG1044.8

(Halic., iv B.C.); as title of Isis, PPetr.3p.2 (cf. p.xi) (iii B.C.).

3 freq. of one's native land,

μᾶτερ ἐμά, Θήβα Pi.I.1.1

, cf. P.8.98, A.Th. 416, Isoc.4.25; and so, like μητρόπολις, Pi.O.9.20, cf. 6.100;

ἡ Σκῦρος ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων μ. S.Ph. 326

.

II poet., the origin or source of events, μ. ἀέθλων, of Olympia, Pi.O.8.1;

πειθαρχία γὰρ τῆς εὐπραξίας μ. A.Th. 225

;

ἡ γνώμη κακῶν μ. S.Ph. 1361

; of night, as the mother of day, A.Ag. 265; the grape of wine, Id.Pers. 614, cf. E. Alc. 757;

ματέρ' οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν Pi.N.5.6

; Aphrodite of the Loves, Id.Fr.122.4; φάτις ὦ μᾶτερ αἰσχύνας ἐμᾶς, of a rumour, S.Aj. 174 (lyr.): also in Prose,

γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα X.Oec.5.17

; πολιτειῶν μητέρες δύο (sc. μοναρχία and δημοκρατία) Pl.Lg. 693d. (Cf. Lat. mater, OE. módor, etc.)

μητρο-πολίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ,

A citizen of a μητρόπολις, Aristodem. 17.1: in Egypt, PRyl. 216 (ii/iii A. D.).

2 citizen of Metropolis, CIG4472.4 (Laodicea ad mare).

II metropolitan bishop, Just.Nov.6.2, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).249.

πατρό-πολις, εως, ἡ, coined by Antiph. 220 in the line μητρόπολίς ἐστιν οὐχὶ π. πόλις.

ἑστία, ἡ, [dialect] Ion. [full] ἱστίη (as always in Hom. (exc. in ἀνέστιος, ἐφέστιος) and Hdt., cf. Schwyzer687.1 (Chios, vii/vi B. C.), IG12(5).554 ([place name] Ceos), and

A v. ἐφέστιος; ἑστίῃ is f.l.in Hes.Op. 734) ; [dialect] Boeot.[full] ἱστία ([etym.] Ἱ.) IG7.556 ([place name] Tanagra) ; also Coan, SIG1025.29, and Arc., ib.559.55 ; [dialect] Locr. [full] ἰστία IG9(1).334.7 ; both forms in Cretan, [full] Ἑστία SIG527.15 (iii B. C.), [full] Ἱστία GDI5079.7, al.:—hearth of a house, in Hom. only in solemn appeals,

ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς πρῶτα θεῶν..ἱστίη τ' Ὀδυσῆος Od.14.159

, al., cf. Hdt.4.68, S.El. 881 ; καθῆσθαι παρ' ἑστίᾳ, of suppliants, Pi.Fr.81 ;

ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν καθίζεσθαι Th.1.136

;

ἡ δορύξενος ἑ. S.OC 633

;

ἑ. μεσόμφαλος A.Ag. 1056

;

ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ' ἑστίᾳ Id.Fr. 362.3

.

2 the house itself, home, Pi.O.1.11,P.11.13 : freq. in Trag., as A.Ch. 264, etc.;

διξὰς ἱστίας οἴκεε Hdt.5.40

; καταλείποντα ἐν τᾷ ἰστίᾳ παῖδα ἡβάταν, of a colonist, IG9(1).334 ([dialect] Locr., v B. C.): metaph., of the last home, the grave,

τὰν χθόνιον ἑ. ἰδεῖν S.OC 1726

(lyr.).

3 household, family, οἱ πολλοί, πλὴν ὀγδώκοντα ἱστιέων κτλ., Hdt.1.176 ;

ἱστίη οὐδεμία νομιζομένη εἶναι Γλαύκου Id.6.86

.δ'.

4 altar, like ἐσχάρα, A.Th. 275, Eu. 282 ;

βούθυτος ἑ. S.OC 1495

(lyr.); γᾶς μεσσόμφαλος ἑ., of the Delphic shrine, E. Ion 462 (lyr.);

Πυθόμαντις ἑ. S. OT 965

; βωμός, ἑ. χθονός (as a sanctuary) A.Supp. 372 (lyr.); ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. the public altar, serving as. a sanctuary to refugees, IG22.1029, Arist.Pol. 1322b28 ;

πολιτικὴ ἑ. App.Pun.84

:—ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. also of the public table,

ἐδέξαντο τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἑ. Plb.29.5.6

, cf. IG5(1).961 ([place name] Cotyrta), 7.21 (Orchomenus in Boeotia), Poll.9.40 ; μυηθεὶς ἀφ' ἑστίας, of a class of public initiates at Eleusis, Is.Fr.84, cf.IG 2.1355, al. ; so

ὁ ἀφ' ἑ. παῖς Porph.Abst.4.5

; simply

ὁ ἀφ' ἑ., ἡ ἀφ' ἑ., Ἐφ. Ἀρχ. 1894.176

,1885.146.

5 metaph., of places which are to a country as the hearth to a house, as a metropolis, Plb.5.58.4 ;

ἑ. καὶ μητρόπολις D.S.4.19

; of Delos,

ἱστίη ὦ νήσων Call.Del. 325

:—Pythag., of the central fire of the universe, Philol.7, etc., cf. Alex.Aphr. in Metaph.38.23 ; of the earth, E.Fr. 944 ; of the heart in the body, Arist.PA 70a25 ; μίαν, ἰδίαν ἑ. ἤθους οὐκ ἔχειν, Plu.2.52a,97a ; of the liver as focus of a fever, Gal.15.742.

II as pr. n. [full] Ἑστία, [dialect] Ion. [full] Ἱστίη, [full] Ἑστίη, h.Hom.24.1, v.l. in Hes.Th. 454:—the hearthgoddess, h.Ven.22, Hes.Th.l.c., Pi.N.11.1, etc., cf. h.Hom.24,29, Orph.H.84, D.S.5.68 ;

Ἑ. βουλαία IG12(5).732

([place name] Andros), Aeschin. 2.45, App.Mith.23 ; [full] Ἑ.

πρυτανεία IG12(5).659

([place name] Syros); worshipped as ἡ κοινὴ Ἑ. by the Getae, D.S.1.94, cf. Hdt.4.127 : prov., ἀφ' Ἑστίας ἄρχεσθαι to begin from the beginning, Ar.V. 846, Pl.Euthphr.3a ;

ἀπ' ἄλλης Ἑ. καὶ ἀρχῆς τὰς πράξεις προχειρίζεσθαι Str.1.1.16

(also

ἐξ ἑ. ἄρχεσθαι Hsch.

) ; ἡ Ἑ. γελᾷ, of the fire crackling, Arist.Mete. 369a32.

2 = Lat. Vesta, Str.5.2.3, Plu.Rom.2, etc.

3 title of a priestess, IG9(1).486 ([place name] Acarnania); ἑ. πόλεως, as an honorary title, ib.5(1).583 ([place name] Sparta). [[pron. full] ῑ in Od. in the appellat. 14.159, [pron. full] ῐ in h.Hom. in pr.n. ; in Hes. the reverse: [pron. full] ῐ always in Com.and Trag.] (Etymological connexion with Vesta is doubtful ; the dialects never have ϝ-, exc. in the pr. n. [full] ϝιστίαυ (gen.sg.masc.)IG5(2).271.18 ([place name] Mantinea); cf. γιστία.)

Chief town: P. and V. πόλις, ἡ (Thuc. 2, 15).

Mother city of colonies: P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.

Of a pillar: V. ἐπίκρανον, τό, P. κιόκρανον, τό (Xen.).

As opposed to interest: Ar.. and P. τὰ ἀρχαῖα, P. το κεφάλαιον, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα, ἀφορμή, ἡ.

Make capital cut of: met., use P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).

Foremost: P. and V. μέγιστος; see Principal.

Excellent: P. and V. χρηστός, καλός; see Good.

Capital charge: P. and V. περὶ ψυχῆς ἀγών.

Be tried on a capital charge: P. κρίνεσθαι περὶ θανάτου.

Ar. and P. εὖγε.

Capital: use P. and V. πόλις (Thuc. 2, 15).

Mother city ( of colonies): P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.

P. and V. μήτηρ, ἡ, V. ἡ τίκτουσα, Ar. and V. ἡ τεκοῦσα.

Of or from a mother: Ar. and V. μητρόθεν.

On the mother's side: P. and V. πρὸς μητρός, V. μητρόθεν:P. κατὰ τὴν μητέρα (Thuc. 1, 127).

Mother of all (as adj.); V. παμμήτωρ.

Mother of arts (as adj.): V. μουσομήτωρ.

Mother of iron (as adj.); V. σιδηρομήτωρ.

Having the same mother, adj.: Ar. and P. ὁμομήτριος.

Mother city, subs: P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.

Mother wit: P. οἰκεία σύνεσις (Thuc. 1, 138).

Of a mother, adj.: P. and V. μητρῷος.

μερίς, ίδος, ἡ (s. μερίζω and three next entries; Antiphon, Thu.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol; TestJob 38:2; 41:5; Test12Patr; Philo; Jos., Ant. 11, 292, Vi. 36; Just.).

① a portion of a whole that has been divided, part (Pla., Soph. p. 266a; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 14 Jac.; Diod S 15, 31, 2; 15, 64, 1 [where comparison with 15, 63, 4 τέτταρα μέρη … ἡ πρώτη μερίς shows that it is not necessary to assume that there is a difference in the meanings of these word-forms]. In ins and pap oft.=district: OGI 177, 9; 179, 8; PPetr III, 32 recto, 3 τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος; BGU 975, 6 [45 A.D.]; PTebt 302, 4; 315, 13; Diod S 1, 54, 3; Josh 18:6). The wording of Ac 16:12 v.l in describing Philippi ἥτις ἐστὶν πρώτη τῆς μερίδος Μακεδονίας πόλις (vv.ll., among others, πρ. τῆς μερ. τῆς Μακ.; πρ. τῆς Μακ.) is difficult because of τῆς μερίδος.The transl. leading city of the district of Macedonia (e.g. Beyer, Steinmann, Bauernfeind, NRSV) is tolerable only through lack of a better one. As far as the form is concerned, the article is lacking w. πρώτη, and as far as subject matter goes, Philippi was not the capital city (which πρώτη means in such a context: Ps.-Scylax, Peripl. 35 [BFabricius 1878]; schol. on Pind., O. 8, 1h; cp. 6, 144g; Eunap. 7; 96; Procop., Aedif. 5, 4, 18 μητρόπολις … οὕτω πόλιν τ. πρώτην τοῦ ἔθνους καλοῦσι Ῥωμαῖοι) either of the province of Macedonia or of any of its districts. The Nestle text follows Blass, who favored the conjecture of Johannes Clericus (LeClerc), and reads πρώτη[ς] μερίδος τῆς Μακεδονίας of the first district of Macedonia, w. ref. to the fact that the Romans (Livy 45, 29) divided Macedonia into four μερίδες=districts in 167 B.C. (so also Hoennicke, Preuschen, Wlh., Zahn; Field, Notes 124; EHaupt, Gefangenschaftsbriefe⁷ 1902, 83f; Belser; Zürcher Bibel ’31; Haenchen ad loc; RBorger, TRu 52, ’87, 37f. On the textual variants, s. Metzger, Textual Commentary ad loc. S. also AClark and JLarsen s.v. κεφαλή 2b, end.—If the restoration of the apparently damaged text should result in a wording that would make it possible for πρώτη to refer to the progress of a journey, we might compare Arrian, Anab. 4, 23, 3 ἡ πρώτη καθʼ ὁδὸν πόλις; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 35 §137 Ariminum ἐστὶν Ἰταλίας πρώτη [i.e., πόλις] μετὰ τὴν Γαλατίαν=the first city in Italy after [leaving] Gaul; Ps.-Scylax §67: from Thessaly the πρώτη πόλις Μακεδονίας is Ἡράκλειον.—Linguistically πρ. πόλ. can, of course, be understood of time as well, and can mean the first city in connection with which someth. happens [Diod S 12, 67, 2 Acanthus was the first city, πρ. πόλ., to revolt from Athens]).

② share, portion (Demosth. 43, 82; Plut., Ages. 17, 5; Lucian, De Merc. Cond. 26; Vett. Val. 345, 16; SIG 1013, 4; BGU 996 III, 1; PLond III, 880, 18ff p. 9 [113 B.C.]; POxy 1482, 21; LXX) τὴν ἀγαθὴν μ. ἐκλέγεσθαι choose the better portion Lk 10:42 (fig., of food? Cp. Mft., transl., ‘Mary has chosen the best dish’, and s. Gen 43:34; 1 Km 9:23, but against him TGillieson, ET 59, ’47/48, 111f. For other reff. Field, Notes 63f; HAlmqvist, Plutarch u. d. NT ’46, 65). μ. κυρίου the Lord’s portion 1 Cl 29:2 (Dt 32:9); cp. 30:1. τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου; what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? (i.e., with ref. to the same thing; on μετά s. below) 2 Cor 6:15. Sim. μετὰ μοιχῶν τὴν μερίδα σου ἐτίθεις you cast your lot w. adulterers 1 Cl 35:8 (Ps 49:18). οὐκ ἔστιν σοι μ. οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ you have neither share nor lot in this matter Ac 8:21 (cp. Dt 12:12 οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ μ. οὐδὲ κλῆρος μεθʼ ὑμῶν.—μ. καὶ κλῆρος also TestSol 14:5 and Philo, Plant. 60.—μ. ἐν as 2 Km 20:1; TestJob 38:2 ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ). ἡ μερὶς τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων a share in the inheritance of the saints / holy ones (cp. 1QS 11:7f) Col 1:12.—DELG s.v. μείρομαι II p. 679. M-M. TW.

πλεονεξία, ας, ἡ (πλεονέκτης) the state of desiring to have more than one’s due, greediness, insatiableness, avarice, covetousness (so Hdt., Thu.+; Aristoxenus, Fgm. 50 p. 23, 36ff [πλ. as the vice pure and simple]; Diod S 21, 1, 4 [πλ. as the μητρόπολις τῶν ἀδικημάτων]; Musonius 72, 9; 90, 10 H.; Dio Chrys., Or. 67 [17] περί πλεονεξίας: 6 μέγιστον κακῶν αἴτιον; 7 μέγιστον κακόν; Ael. Aristid. 39 p. 733 D.: πλ. is among the three most disgraceful things; Herm. Wr. 13, 7; pap, LXX; Test12Patr; GrBar 13:3; ApcMos 11; EpArist 277; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 173, Praem. 15 al.; Jos., Bell. 7, 256, Ant. 3, 67; 7, 37 al.; Just., D. 14, 2; Tat. 19, 2; Ath., R. 21 p. 74, 9; Theoph. Ant. 1, 14 [p. 92, 7]) B 10:4; w. other vices (as Diod S 13, 30, 4 in catalogues of vices. On these s. AVögtle, Die Tugend-u. Lasterkataloge im NT ’36) Ro 1:29; 1 Cl 35:5; B 20:1; D 5:1; Pol 2:2; Hm 6, 2, 5; 8:5. Used w. ἀκαθαρσία Eph 4:19; 5:3. Characterized as εἰδωλολατρία Col 3:5 (s. εἰδωλολατρία, πλεονέκτης and cp. TestJud 19:1. Chaeremon the Stoic, Nero’s teacher, in Porphyr., Abst. 4, 6 [=Chaeremon, Fgm. 10, p. 16 Horst] contrasts πλεονεξία with θεία γνῶσις). Of false teachers 2 Pt 2:3, 14 (s. γυμνάζω end). πρόφασις πλεονεξίας (subj. gen.) pretext for avarice 1 Th 2:5 (cp. Philostrat. I 362, 14 πρόσχημα τ. πλεονεξίας). φυλάσσεσθαι ἀπὸ πάσης πλ. guard against every form of greed Lk 12:15.—The pl. of the individual expressions of greed (B-D-F §142.—X., Cyr. 1, 6, 29; Plut., Pomp. 640 [39, 6]; 2 Macc 4:50; Philo, Agr. 83, Vi. Cont. 70; Jos., Ant. 17, 253; Tat. 19, 2) Mk 7:22.—In 2 Cor 9:5 the context calls for the pregnant mng. a gift that is grudgingly granted by avarice (εὐλογία 4); extortion (Plummer, ICC ad vs. 10c).—WSedgwick, ET 36, 1925, 478f; TManson, JTS 44, ’43, 86f; EKlaar, Πλεονεξία,-έκτης,-εκτεῖν TZ 10, ’54, 395–97.—DELG s.v. ἔχω and πλείων. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.