synaphea

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek συνάπτω (sunáptō, to join together).

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Noun

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synaphea (uncountable)

  1. (prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.
  2. (prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
  3. (prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.

Etymology 2

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From translingual Synaphea (genus name).

Noun

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synaphea (plural synapheas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.
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