Disjecta membra n. scattered fragments, especially literary fr | Desvl English Tips

Disjecta membra
n. scattered fragments, especially literary fragments or disjointed quotations
这个词最早出现在古罗马诗人贺拉斯的disiecti membra poetae 这句话中，意为 limbs of a dismembered poet.
这个词在考古、历史中，指残存的诗篇片段、手稿等，也指古代陶瓷器的碎片。
e.g. One might almost get together all the disjecta membra and reconstruct the original Polynesian tongue.