tmesis
/tuh-mee-sis/US // təˈmi sɪs //UK // (təˈmiːsɪs, ˈmiːsɪs) //
tmesis
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
Examples
Perhaps we might read ἐπὶ δὲ γᾶς πεδιοπλοκτύπου ὠσὶν χρίμπι βοὰ, by tmesis, for ἐπιχρίμπτεται.
Sometimes he indulges in tmesis which reminds us of Ennius: inque pediri, disque supata, ordia prima.
Or he might by tmesis, more liberally used, have further widened the field for its employment.
His abstinence from inflexion absolutely, and from tmesis almost entirely, in the use of , I think deserves remark.
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