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dĭaerĕsis

dĭaerĕsis · f

the dividing of one syllable into two

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What it meant

dĭaerĕsis — Lewis & Short

dĭaerĕsis, is, f., = diai/resis.

I In gram., the dividing of one syllable into two, as aquaï for aquae, Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 464.—
II In rhet., a figure, pure Lat. distributio, distribution, Jul. Rufin. 21, p. 242.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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