Μελισμός
dismembering, dismemberment
Translated by Nick Nicholas12 May 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] separation of members. [Formed] out of the [verb] meli/zw ["I dismember"].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μελισμός· τῶν μελῶν ἡ διαίρεσις. ἐκ τοῦ μελίζω.
Betacode
*melismo/s: tw=n melw=n h( diai/resis. e)k tou= meli/zw.
Notes
- The headword is ambiguous between "dismembering/dismemberment" and "song" (from
me/los , which is likewise ambiguous). Other lexicographers record the ambiguity, as in Herodian, Partitions p. 180 Boissonade: "a tragedy, or the cutting up of meat, spelled with an iota".
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Mar 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas