Tmē'sis, n.
(mē'sis) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat., Gr. τμῆ-σις, from τέμνειν, to cut.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a compound word is separated, by the intervention of one or more words; as, qua meo cumque animo, for quæcumque meo animo.
(mē'sis) (Synop., § 130), n. [Lat., Gr. τμῆ-σις, from τέμνειν, to cut.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a compound word is separated, by the intervention of one or more words; as, qua meo cumque animo, for quæcumque meo animo.