μέροψ

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χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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Full diacritics: μέροψ Medium diacritics: μέροψ Low diacritics: μέροψ Capitals: ΜΕΡΟΨ
Transliteration A: mérops Transliteration B: merops Transliteration C: merops Beta Code: me/roy

English (LSJ)

οπος, ὁ, poet. word, used only in pl. as epith. of men, derived by Gramm. from μείρομαι, ὄψ,

   A dividing the voice, i. e. articulate (cf. Hsch., Sch.11.1.250), μ. ἄνθρωποι Il. l.c., Hes.Op.109, etc.; μ. βροτοί 11.2.285; μερόπεσσι λαοῖς A.Supp.90 (lyr.): hence as Subst., = ἄνθρωποι, Musae.Fr.13 D., A.Ch.1018 (anap.), E.IT1263 (lyr.), A.R.4.536, Call.Fr.418, AP7.563 (Paul. Sil.); a usage satirized by Strato Com., 1.6 sq.    II in sg. and pl., bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Arist.HA615b25, Plu.2.976d; cf. εἴροψ.

German (Pape)

[Seite 136] οπος, ὁ, gew. im plur. οἱ μέροπες, – 1) die Menschen, die artikulirt sprechen, die einzelnen Laute u. Sylben trennen u. deutlich hören lassen, zum Unterschiede von den Thieren, die nur unartikulirte Töne hervorbringen; ἄνθρωποι, Hom., Hes.; βροτοί, Il. 2, 285; μερόπεσσι λαοῖς, Aesch. Suppl. 84; οὔτις μερόπων, ohne Zusatz, keiner der Menschen, Ch. 1013; einzeln bei sp. D., die auch wie Man. 4, 577 den sing. haben. – 2) ein Vogel, der Bienenfresser, sonst ἀέροψ, Arist. H. A. 9, 13. – S. auch nom. pr.