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Definition of Anaptyxis
1. Noun. (phonetics) epenthesis of a vowel – insertion of a vowel. For example, the middle ‘(term -a-)’ in (term thataway), or use of infixes (term -i-) and (term -o-) in coining English words on classical roots. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anaptyxis
1. [n -TYXES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaptyxis
Literary usage of Anaptyxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"Apart from this series ot examples, anaptyxis in Latin appears foreign words in
most commonly ... With r, anaptyxis occurs in several genuine I^atin words, ..."
2. A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary by Carl Darling Buck (1904)
"Usually there is no anaptyxis between n and a guttural, ... This sort of anaptyxis,
the same that is seen in Latin poculum, ..."
3. A Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages: A Concise Exposition by Karl Brugmann, Robert Seymour Conway, William Henry Denham Rouse (1888)
"Both words must have been consonantal stems. Goth. anaptyxis perhaps in ...
In Lithuanian appear frequent attempts at anaptyxis, which may be represented ..."
4. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Student by Peter Giles (1895)
"anaptyxis. 2I5- By this term is meant the development of a vowel between two ...
anaptyxis occurs in both Latin and Greek, in Latin being especially ..."
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