Tmesis

Under Tmesis ( gr τμῆσις separation) refers to the " splitting of a word ." This happens because between the constituents of a word to another word or phrase is inserted. The term is used here Tmesis inconsistent; as a stylistic device is thus only grammatically incorrect separation actually called, in a broader sense grammatically correct separation of parts of words is so designated but.

The Tmesis in antiquity

The Tmesis was originally thought to be grammatically possible in the pre-Homeric Greek, but later evolved to Homeric times, the stylistic device. A Tmesis is used as a rule of metric reasons. One speaks of an inherited separation of preverb and verb From Homer: ἐκ τοι ἐρέω ek toi ereo ( out shall I say it to you ) → ἐξερῶ exerō (I'll testify )

A daring Tmesis in Latin, attributed to Ennius: saxo cere - brum - comminuit " Broke with the stone the brain him."

The Tmesis in German

The Tmesis is used as a stylistic device in the spoken German language: Where are you going? Where do you want instead? or because he has no right! instead of this he has no right!

Example from the literature:

• " The battle that awaits us in the beam of the Morning"

The regular separation of the separable prefixes ( so-called Verbzusätzen ) for external position of the finite verb is called Tmesis: lie to someone - Someone 's lying to someone.