merismos
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek μερῐσμός (merismós)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈris.mos/, [mɛˈrɪs̠mɔs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈris.mos/, [meˈrizmos]
Noun
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
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | 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.”