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Definition of Aphaeresis
1. Noun. (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in 'coon' for 'raccoon' or 'till' for 'until'.
Category relationships: Linguistics
Generic synonyms: Deletion, Omission
Derivative terms: Aphaeretic, Apheretic
Definition of Aphaeresis
1. Noun. (UK Commonwealth) (alternative spelling of apheresis) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphaeresis
1. [n -RESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphaeresis
Literary usage of Aphaeresis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Versification of the Cauderna Vía as Found in Berceo's Vida de Santo Domingo by John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (1905)
"I have preferred to treat them with the cases of impure ,s- due to the aphaeresis
of a Romanic initial vowel that had no counterpart in Latin ; ey star, ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"For elision in place of usual crasis, see 94. aphaeresis 92. Examples of aphaeresis,
which is only a form of crasis, are rare. Ion. f¡ Ч, /чт? ..."
3. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"... Inversion, Hyperbaton, tending to Obscurity—Style of the Age of Dryden—
Alteration of Words in Accent; or by aphaeresis, Front-Cut ; Syncope, Mid-Cut; ..."
4. A Greek Grammar by William Watson Goodwin (1896)
"... at the beginning of a word is sometimes dropped after a long vowel or a
diphthong, especially after fj.r¡, not, and -/j, or. This is called aphaeresis ..."
5. The Sounds and Inflections of the Greek Dialects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1894)
"aphaeresis. 324.1 See under ‘i + c, o + c, + c. In an oracle given by Hdt.
\II 220, it is better to read ..."
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