piecemeal

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

limb from limb: P. κατὰ μέλη.

tear piecemeal: P. and V. σπαράσσειν (Plato), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, διασπαράσσειν, V. ἀρταμεῖν, διαρταμεῖν, σπᾶν; see tear.

his limbs were tassed piecemeal from the ladder: V. ἐκ δὲ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη (Euripides, Phoenissae 1182).

Met., in detail: P. καθ' ἕκαστον.