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Blending two syllables together into one (rather than simply omitting
one of two neighboring vowels [=synaloepha]).
The opposite of diaeresis. A kind of metaplasm. |
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Fixerit æripedem
[instead of aëripedem]
cervam —Vergil, Georgics |
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- diaeresis
Dividing one syllable into two.
- metaplasm
- syncope
Cutting letters or syllables from the middle of a word
- ecthlipsis
The omission or elision of letters or syllables (often the consonant
"m" and the vowel that precedes it) for the sake of poetical meter.
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Mosellanus ("episynaloephe"
"conglutinatio") a3v |
