diaeresis
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
