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disjecta membra

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dis⋅jec⋅ta mem⋅bra

  [dis-jek-tuh mem-bruh]
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–noun
scattered members; disjointed portions or parts: applied to fragments of poetry or fragmentary quotations.
Origin:
< L, alter. of disjectī membra poētae limbs of a dismembered poet, a phrase in Horace
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disjecta membra 
"scattered remains" (especially literary), from Horace's L. phrase disjecti membra poetæ "limbs of a dismembered poet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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