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|Transliteration C=merops | |Transliteration C=merops | ||
|Beta Code=me/roy | |Beta Code=me/roy | ||
|Definition=οπος, ὁ, ''poet.'' word, used only in plural as [[epithet]] of men, derived by Gramm. from [[μείρομαι]], [[ὄψ]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dividing the voice]], i.e. [[articulate]] (cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|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 [[substantive]], = [[ἄνθρωποι]], Musae.''Fr.''13 D., A.''Ch.''1018 (anap.), E.''IT''1263 (lyr.), A.R.4.536, Call.''Fr.''418, ''AP''7.563 (Paul. Sil.); a usage satirized by Strato Com., 1.6 sq<br><span class="bld">II</span> in sg. and pl., [[bee-eater]], [[Merops apiaster]], Arist.''HA''615b25, Plu.2.976d; cf. [[εἴροψ]]. | |Definition=οπος, ὁ, ''poet.'' word, used only in plural as [[epithet]] of men, derived by Gramm. from [[μείρομαι]], [[ὄψ]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dividing the voice]], i.e. [[articulate]] (cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|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 [[substantive]], = [[ἄνθρωποι]], Musae.''Fr.''13 D., A.''Ch.''1018 (anap.), E.''IT''1263 (lyr.), A.R.4.536, Call.''Fr.''418, ''AP''7.563 (Paul. Sil.); a usage satirized by Strato Com., 1.6 sq<br><span class="bld">II</span> in sg. and pl., [[bee-eater]], [[Merops apiaster]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''615b25, Plu.2.976d; cf. [[εἴροψ]]. | ||
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