diaeresis

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.

dĭærĕsis, is, f. (διαίρεσις), diérèse[gramm.] : Serv. En. 7, 464.

diaeresis, is, Akk. in, f. (διαίρεσις), in der Gramm. die Trennung einer Silbe in zwei (wie aquai st. aquae), Serv. Verg. Aen. 7, 464. Isid. 1, 34, 4.

diaeresis diaeresis N F :: distribution; G:breaking one syllable into two