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Definition of Synalepha
1. n. 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.
Definition of Synalepha
1. Noun. The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel. ¹
2. Noun. The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synalepha
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synalepha
Literary usage of Synalepha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Spanish Lyrics by Elijah Clarence Hills, Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1913)
"But dieresis is impossible if the diphthong is ie or ue from Latin e and 5
respectively, as in bien, siente, huevo, puedo. (3) synalepha The final vowel or ..."
2. An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification by Frank M. Chambers (1985)
"This process, which is exceedingly common in Italian and Spanish, is known as
synalepha. Hiatus, the syllabic separation of two such adjacent vowels ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Since I have nam'd the synalepha, which is the cutting off one vowel ... I cannot
say that I have everywhere observ'd the rule of this synalepha in my ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"I cannot say that I have every way observed the rule of the synalepha in my
translation ... the synalepha in revenge is twice observed. But it becomes us, ..."
5. Modern Spanish Lyrics by Elijah Clarence Hills, Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1913)
"But dieresis is impossible if the diphthong is ie or ue from Latin e and 5
respectively, as in bien, siente, huevo, puedo. (3) synalepha The final vowel or ..."
6. An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification by Frank M. Chambers (1985)
"This process, which is exceedingly common in Italian and Spanish, is known as
synalepha. Hiatus, the syllabic separation of two such adjacent vowels ..."
7. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Since I have nam'd the synalepha, which is the cutting off one vowel ... I cannot
say that I have everywhere observ'd the rule of this synalepha in my ..."
8. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"I cannot say that I have every way observed the rule of the synalepha in my
translation ... the synalepha in revenge is twice observed. But it becomes us, ..."
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