What does diaeresis mean in Latin?

diaeresis, a noun, means “diaeresis (division of a diphthong into two vowels in consecutive syllables); distribution”.

What is the genitive of diaeresis?

The genitive singular is diaeresis. diaeresis is feminine, third declension.

In classical Latin, [diˈae̯.rɛ.sɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈɛː.re.s̬is].

noun · femininethird declension

diaeresis f (genitive diaeresis or diaereseōs or diaeresios)

Classical[diˈae̯.rɛ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[diˈɛː.re.s̬is]

femininediaeresis (division of a diphthong into two vowels in consecutive syllables)
AD 98–138, Velius Longus (aut.), T.H.G. Keil (ed.), Liber de orthographia in Grammatici Latini VII (1880), p. 57, ll. 21–28
femininerhetoricdistribution

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	diaeresis	diaeresēs diaereseis
genitive	diaeresis diaereseōs, diaeresios	diaeresium diaeresum
dative	diaeresī	diaeresibus
accusative	diaeresim diaeresin, diaeresem	diaeresēs diaeresīs
ablative	diaeresī diaerese	diaeresibus
vocative	diaeresis diaeresi	diaeresēs diaereseis

dĭaerĕsis, is, f., = διαίρεσις.

I. In gram., the dividing of one syllable into two, as aquaï for aquae, Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 464.—

II. In rhet., a figure, pure Lat. distributio, distribution, Jul. Rufin. 21, p. 242.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs).

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