ἐπιμερ-ισμός,ὁ,
A. distribution, Hsch. s.v. ἐπινέμησις ; esp. in Gramm., προσώπων
A.D. Synt. 96.1
;ἐθνικῶνib. 192.10 : abs.,divisionof 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 contributionsto 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 parsingsof words in Il. 1 , An.Par. 3.294 ;ἐ. Ὁμήρου κατὰ ἀλφάβητον parsingsarranged alphabetically, An.Ox. 1.1 ; butἐ. κατὰ ἀλφ. τοῦ Ἡρωδιανοῦalphabeticalarrangementsof (not `by') Herodian, title of a spelling-list, Hdn. Epim. 1 , 157 ; later stillἐ. τῶν ἐννέα μέτρων analysis, digest, Trichas in Heph. p.365C. ; the nature of the lostἘπιμερισμοίof Hdn. ( EM 779.27 , Sch. Il. 4.66 ) is conjectural.