μέροψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οπος, ὁ, poet. word, used only in pl. as [[epithet]] of men, derived by Gramm. from [[μείρομαι]], [[ὄψ]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dividing the voice]], i. e. [[articulate]] (cf. Hsch., Sch.<span class="bibl">11.1.250</span>), μ. ἄνθρωποι Il. l.c., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>109</span>, etc.; μ. βροτοί <span class="bibl">11.2.285</span>; μερόπεσσι λαοῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>90</span> (lyr.): hence as Subst., = [[ἄνθρωποι]], Musae.<span class="title">Fr.</span>13 D., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1018</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1263</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">A.R.4.536</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>418</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.563 (Paul. Sil.); a usage satirized by <span class="bibl">Strato Com., 1.6</span> sq. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in sg. and pl., [[bee-eater]], [[Merops apiaster]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>615b25</span>, Plu.2.976d; cf. [[εἴροψ]].</span>

|mdlsjtxt=μέρ-οψ, οπος, [[μείρομαι]], ὄψ]<br />only in pl. as epithet of men, [[dividing]] the [[voice]], i. e. [[articulate]]-[[speaking]], endowed, with [[speech]], Hom., Hes.:—[[hence]] μέροπες as Subst. = ἄνθρωποι, Aesch., Eur.