divisim
UK/dɪˈviːsɪm/
divisim adverb: separately.
Adverb
divisim (not comparable)
- Separately.
- In Att[ic Greek], when σὲ αὐτόν, ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ, etc., are read divisim, they are emphatic, not reflexive.1940, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon, s.v. “αὐτός”, sense A.I.10.b
Adjective
divisim (not comparable)
- Written as two or more separate words.
- In connexion with the person[al] Pron[ouns], “ἐγὼν αὐτός” Od[yssey] 2.194; “σέθεν αὐτοῦ” Il[iad] 23.312; “νωΐτερον αὐτῶν” 15.39 (always divisim in Hom[er])…after Hom[er] in the oblique cases αὐτός coalesces with the Pron[oun], ἐμαυτοῦ, σεαυτοῦ…, ἑαυτοῦ, etc.1940, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon, s.v. “αὐτός”, sense A.I.10
Origin of divisim
Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsim (“separately”).
Questions about divisim
- What does divisim mean?
- Divisim means separately.
- What part of speech is divisim?
- Divisim can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce divisim?
- Divisim is pronounced /dɪˈviːsɪm/ (UK).
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