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English
Etymology
From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.
Pronunciation
Noun
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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Translations
insertion of one or more words between the components of a word
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tmēsis f (genitive tmēsis); third declension
- (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Descendants
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)
- (prosody) tmesis