tmesis

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). First attested in 1586. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/, /ˈmiːsɪs/ , Rhymes: -iːsɪs === Noun === tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses) (prosody, rhetoric) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word. Synonym: diacope Hypernym: infixation Hyponym: expletive infixation ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === infix === Further reading === tmesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === MSTies, i-stems, misset, smites, tsimes == Latin == === Alternative forms === thmesis (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtmeː.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtmɛː.s̬is] === Noun === tmēsis f (genitive tmēsis); third declension (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== 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) (prosody) tmesis