merismos

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek μερῐσμός (merismós)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈris.mos/, [mɛˈrɪs̠mɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈris.mos/, [meˈrizmos]

Noun

merismos m (genitive merismī); second declension

1. (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

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	merismos	merismī
genitive	merismī	merismōrum
dative	merismō	merismīs
accusative	merismon	merismōs
ablative	merismō	merismīs
vocative	merisme	merismī

Descendants

• → French: mérisme

Further reading

• 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.”