Merism (Latin: merismus, Greek: μερισμός, translit. merismós) is a rhetorical device (or figure of speech) in which a combination of two contrasting parts...
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Merismopedia (from the Greek merismos [division] and the Greek pedion [plain]) is a genus of cyanobacteria found in fresh and salt water. It is ovoid or...
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eliminated until a suitable definition is discovered. A complementary term is merismos (cf. English merism: parsing or the distinguishing of parts, as opposed...
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assessment owed by individuals, as well for the purpose of redivision of lands (merismos) and the assessment of imperial grants of revenue (posotēs) of an estate...
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especially if the suggestions were contradictory to the purpose of the fund (merismos). Demosthenes’ caution when approaching the topic of the theorika in the...
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