μέροψ

merops

dividing the voice

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book IX 3
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b25

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

626a9
626a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέροψ, οπος, ὁ, poet. word, used only in pl. as epith. of men, derived by Gramm. from μείρομαι, ὄψ, A. dividing the voice, i. e. articulate (cf. 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 Subst., = 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. II. in sg. and pl., bee-eater, Merops apiaster, Arist. HA 615b25, Plu. 2.976d; cf. εἴροψ.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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