merismos
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek μερῐσμός (merĭsmós)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meˈris.mos/, [mɛˈrɪs̠mɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈris.mos/, [meˈrizmos]
Noun
[edit]merismos m (genitive merismī); second declension
- (Late Latin) Synonym of partītiō
- late C.E. 3rd century, Marius Plotius Sacerdos, Artium grammaticarum libri tres [Three books on the grammatical arts], in Grammatici Latini [Latin grammarians], edited by Heinrich Keil, volume VI: Scriptores artis metricae [Writers on the metric art], Leipzig: in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, published 1923, first book, page 460, lines 4–9
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | merismos | merismī merismoe |
| genitive | merismī | merismōrum |
| dative | merismō | merismīs |
| accusative | merismon | merismōs |
| ablative | merismō | merismīs |
| vocative | merisme | merismī merismoe |
Descendants
[edit]- → French: mérisme
Further reading
[edit]- mĕrismŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 970/2: “mĕrismŏs, i, m. (μερισμός), énumération des parties dʼun tout : Sacerd. Gram. 1, 149.”