dĭaerĕsis, is, f., = διαίρεσις.
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.
·noun ·Alt. of <<Dieresis>>. ...
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