tmesis

• “This is called tmesis: "What man soever" we've put one word between the syllables of another word.”

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• “Sometimes the relative pronouns compounded with _cunque_ and _libet_ are separated by the insertion of some other word or words between them, which in grammatical language is called a tmesis -- as _quod enim cunque judicium subierat, absolvebatur; quem sors dierum cunque tibi dederit, lucre appone, _ 'whatever day chance may give thee, consider it as a gain.”

  C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino

• “I just put all of that stuff in the tmesis pile before you showed me that there's a whole nother category.”

  Sometimes You Just Wonder

• “Nonetheless, tmesis reminds us (if we need to be) that in such grammatical matters -- never say never.”

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• “(In English only the compounds of "ever" readily lend themselves to tmesis.)”

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• “Wrath and I are old friends, and I've come to accept his tendency toward tmesis as an endearing personality quirk.”

  The Forgotten Six

• “In tmesis we break a work in two, usually to put another word between the parts.”

  The recommended daily allowance

• “On the double gender of sæ, cf. Cook's Sievers 'Gram., p. 147; and note the omitted article at ll. 2381, 318, 544, with the peculiar tmesis of”

  Beowulf

• “On the double gender of sǣ, cf. Cook's Sievers 'Gram., p. 147; and note the omitted article at ll. 2381, 318, 544, with the peculiar tmesis of”

  Beowulf

• “When accompanied by the preposition kita, "with," there is a tmesis of the preposition, and the pronouns are placed between its first and second syllable; e.g. vi, him''-ki-ni-ta, "with him.”

  The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

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