tmesis

See also: Tmesis

English
WOTD – 2 November 2007

Etymology

From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/, /ˈmiːsɪs/
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  • Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Noun
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tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses)

  1. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
    Synonym: diacope

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tmēsis f (genitive tmēsis); third declension

  1. (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tmēsis tmēsēs
Genitive tmēsis tmēsium
Dative tmēsī tmēsibus
Accusative tmēsin
tmēsim		 tmēsēs
tmēsīs
Ablative tmēsī tmēsibus
Vocative tmēsis tmēsēs

Descendants
  • English: tmesis
  • French: tmèse

References
  • “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.

Spanish

Noun

tmesis f (plural tmesis)

  1. (prosody) tmesis
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