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Crasis | Greek Poetry, Metaphor & Rhetoric - Britannica
crasis, in classical Greek, the contraction of two vowels or diphthongs at the end of one word and the beginning of an immediately following word , as kán for kaì án or houmós for ho emós. Crasis is especially common in some lyric poetry and in Old Comedy.
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Crasis - Wikipedia
a type of contraction in which two vowels or diphthongs merge into one new vowel or diphthong, making one word out of two (univerbation).
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CRASIS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : obsolete : a blend or combination of constituents b archaic : constitution 2. a contraction of two vowels or diphthongs especially in Latin and Greek
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crasis
‖ crasis (ˈkreɪsɪs) [Gr. κρᾶσις mixture, combination (also in the grammatical sense below), f. κεραννύναι to mix.] 1. The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc. † a. As a permanent characteristic: Composition, constitution, temperament, ‘comp...
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crasis - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
A mixture or combination. (prosody, phonetics) The contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the ...
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Crasis - ChangingMinds.org
Crasis is the contraction of a word or words, often into a form that has two vowels that combine to make a longer sound. Example. Madam becomes Ma ...
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Crasis | Dickinson College Commentaries
Crasis (κρᾶσις mingling) is like contraction (§ 29) except that it occurs between separate words, which are then written as one.
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CRASIS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Crasis definition: composition; constitution; makeup.. See examples of CRASIS used in a sentence.
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Crasis in New Testament Greek
Crasis (Greek: κρᾶσις) is a linguistic phenomenon in Greek where two adjacent words, especially when one ends in a vowel and the next begins ...
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CRASIS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
The fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into one Also called: syneresis.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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mal-crasis
‖ mal-crasis Path. rare. (mælˈkreɪsɪs) [f. mal- + crasis.] A faulty combination of constituents.1854 Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. 115 Inflammations which arise in consequence of a mal-crasis of the blood.
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Synalepha
synalepha most often refers to elision (as in English contraction), but it can also refer to coalescence by other metaplasms: synizesis, synaeresis or crasis See also
Metaplasm
Elision—Contraction (grammar)
Apheresis (initial)
Syncope (medial)
Apocope (final)
Crasis
Synizesis (merge into one syllable
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epicrasis
‖ epiˈcrasis Obs. Med. [mod.L. epicrāsis, a. Gr. ἐπίκρᾱσις, f. ἐπικρα-, ἐπικεραννύναι: see epicerastic.] The process of ‘tempering acrid humours’; the use of epicerastics.1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow 290 In such a case..a skilfull Physician will use Epicrasis, as they call it, labouring to brin...
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Metaplasm
Epenthesis, addition of a sound to a word:
beginning of a word (prothesis)
end (paragoge)
Synalepha, two syllables becoming one, occurs by elision, crasis Crasis (Ancient Greek contraction), coalescence of two vowels into a new long vowel.
Synaeresis, pronunciation of two vowels as a diphthong.
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metacrasis
‖ metacrasis (mɛtəˈkreɪsɪs) [f. meta- + crasis.] 1. Bot. ‘Kinetic metabolism, transmutation of energy’ (Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 1900).1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 509 The process of metacrasis which produces the duramen. 2. Geol. (See quot.)1886 Bonney in Proc. Geol. Soc. 59 Metacrasis (re...
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