tmesis
See also: Tmesis
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Etymology edit
From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.
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tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses)
- (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
- Synonym: diacope
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insertion of one or more words between the components of a word
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Latin edit
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- thmesis (Medieval Latin)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtmeː.sis/, [ˈt̪meːs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtme.sis/, [ˈt̪mɛːs̬is]
Noun edit
tmēsis f (genitive tmēsis); third declension
- (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
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Nominative | tmēsis | tmēsēs |
Genitive | tmēsis | tmēsium |
Dative | tmēsī | tmēsibus |
Accusative | tmēsin tmēsim |
tmēsēs tmēsīs |
Ablative | tmēsī | tmēsibus |
Vocative | tmēsis | tmēsēs |
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References edit
- “tmesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tmesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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Noun edit
tmesis f (plural tmesis)