μέροψ
merops
dividing the voice
Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μέροψ, οπος, ὁ, poet. word, used only in pl. as epith. of men, derived by Gramm. from μείρομαι, ὄψ,
‹ All lexicon entries dividing the voice, i.e. articulate (cf. , Sch. 11.1.250), μ. ἄνθρωποι Il. l.c., Op. 109, etc.; μ. βροτοί Il. 2.285; μερόπεσσι λαοῖς Supp. 90 (lyr.): hence as Subst., = ἄνθρωποι, Fr. 13 , Ch. 1018 (anap.), IT 1263 (lyr.), 4.536, Fr. 418, AP 7.563 (); a usage satirized by , 1.6 sq.
II. in sg. and pl., bee-eater, Merops apiaster, HA 615b25, Sollert. 2.976d; cf. εἴροψ.