piecemeal
piecemeal
adj.
Limb from limb: P. κατὰ μέλη.
Tear piecemeal: P. and V. σπᾰράσσειν (Plat.), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, διασπᾰράσσειν, V. ἀρτᾰμεῖν, διαρτᾰμεῖν, σπᾶν ; see teAr.
His limbs were tassed piecemeal from the ladder: V. ἐκ δὲ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη (Eur. Phoen. 1182).
Met., in detail: P. καθʼ ἕκαστον.
adj.
Limb from limb: P. κατὰ μέλη.
Tear piecemeal: P. and V. σπᾰράσσειν (Plat.), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, διασπᾰράσσειν, V. ἀρτᾰμεῖν, διαρτᾰμεῖν, σπᾶν ; see teAr.
His limbs were tassed piecemeal from the ladder: V. ἐκ δὲ κλιμάκων ἐσφενδονᾶτο χωρὶς ἀλλήλων μέλη (Eur. Phoen. 1182).
Met., in detail: P. καθʼ ἕκαστον.
PIECEMEAL
minutatim; minutim; frustatim; in frusta (to pieces).
minutatim; minutim; frustatim; in frusta (to pieces).
piecemeal: Phr. to tear any one p., [manibus] aliquem discerpere, Liv. 1, 16, med. (v PIECE , I, Phr. iii.) to treat (a subject) p. (not as a whole), divulsa et quasi discerpta contrectare, Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 24 (opp. to complecti tota): your packet has at last arrived p, *tandem allatus est fasciculus tuus, nec integer is quidem sed conscissus atque discerptus. (Minute, minutim, minutatim = in small pieces.)