ἐπιμερισμός

ἐπιμερ-ισμός, ὁ,

• distribution, Hsch. s.v. ἐπινέμησις; esp. in Gramm., προσώπων A.D. Synt. 96.1; ἐθνικῶν ib. 192.10: abs., division of a sentence into words (μέρη λόγου), parsing, ib. 340.17.
• • • • b Astrol., assignment, Vett.Val. 97.9, Critodem. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).102.4.
    • 2 ἐ. τῶν ἀπόρων allocation of irrecoverable contributions to wealthier taxpayers, PFay. 53.5 (ii A.D.), cf. PAmh. 2.96.8 (pl., iii A.D.), etc.
    • 3 as title of gramm. works: ἐπιμερισμοὶ τῆς Α Ἰλιάδος parsings of words in Il. 1, An.Par. 3.294; ἐ. Ὁμήρου κατὰ ἀλφάβητον parsings arranged alphabetically, An.Ox. 1.1; but ἐ. κατὰ ἀλφ. τοῦ Ἡρωδιανοῦ alphabetical arrangements of (not ‘byʼ) Herodian, title of a spelling-list, Hdn. Epim. 1, 157; later still ἐ. τῶν ἐννέα μέτρων analysis, digest, Trichas in Heph. p.365 C.; the nature of the lost Ἐπιμερισμοί of Hdn. (EM 779.27, Sch. Il. 4.66) is conjectural.