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synalephanoun
The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
synalephanoun
The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Synalephanoun
A contraction or excision of a syllable in a Latin verse, by joining together two vowels in the scanning or cutting off the ending vowel; as, ill’ ego. Nathan Bailey
Etymology: συναλοιφὴ.
Virgil , though smooth, is far from affecting it: he frequently uses synalepha’s, and concludes his sense in the middle of his verse. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Synalephanoun
a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army
Etymology: [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. , from to melt together; sy`n with + to besmear.]
Wikidata
Synalepha
A synalepha or synaloepha is the merging of two syllables into one, especially when it causes two words to be pronounced as one. The original meaning in Greek is more general than modern usage, and also includes coalescence of vowels within a word. Similarly, synalepha most often refers to elision, but it can also refer to coalescence by other metaplasms: synizesis, synaeresis, or crasis.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Synalepha
sin-a-lē′fa, n. a contraction by suppressing a final vowel or diphthong before another vowel or diphthong, so that the final syllable of one word runs or melts into the first of the other.—Also Synalē′phe. [Gr. synaloiphē—synaleiphein, to melt together—syn, together with, aleiphein, to anoint.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of synalepha in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of synalepha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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