episynaloephe

noun

epi·​synaloephe

"+

Greek & Latin prosody

1

: the elision of a vowel at the end of a verse before a vowel beginning the next

2

: syneresis sense 1a

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek episynaloiphē, from Greek epi- + synaloiphē synaloepha

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