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synaloepha

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syn·a·le·pha also syn·a·loe·pha  (sn-lf)
n.
The blending into one syllable of two successive vowels of adjacent syllables, especially to fit a poetic meter; for example, th' elite for the elite.
[New Latin, from Greek sunaloiph, from sunaleiphein, to coalesce, unite two syllables : sun-, syn- + aleiphein, to smear; see leip- in Indo-European roots.]
synaloepha, synalepha
the contraction of two adjacent vowels into one syllable, as by elision.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
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18) signify not elision (where one vowel is sacrificed) but synaloepha (where the first vowel passes smoothly into the second).
Music of the Baroque. (Historical Topics) by Talbot, Michael / Notes
In Catalan, however, words may end in unaccented vowels other than e, and an unaccented vowel at syllable 5 would be merged by synaloepha with the initial vowel of the second hemistich and not elided.
The metrics of Ausias March in a European context by Duffell, Martin J. / Medium Aevum
 
 
 
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