piecemeal
From LSJ
Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
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.
