Παρέμπτωσις

paremptosis

Translated by David Whitehead14 Apr 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 18 words
Addition of an intermediate vowel that does not create a syllable:1 e.g. xenos ["alien"], xeinos, enatos ["ninth"], einatos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παρέμπτωσις· προσθήκη φωνήεντος κατὰ μέσον, οὐ ποιοῦντος συλλαβήν· οἷον ξένος, ξεῖνος, ἔνατος, εἴνατος.

Betacode
*pare/mptwsis: prosqh/kh fwnh/entos kata\ me/son, ou) poiou=ntos sullabh/n: oi(=on ce/nos, cei=nos, e)/natos, ei)/natos.

Notes (1)

  1. Similar entries in other lexica. The sense of the headword noun here is closest to no.2 in LSJ s.v. (In quite different contexts it has a range of medical meanings.) See web address 1.
    For paremptosis of a consonant see under rho 303.
  2. 1Of its own; rather, a diphthong. ↩

External resources

Neighbouring entries

π545Παρεμβολήemplacementπ546Παρεμβολήinsertion, interpolation, throwing-in-alongsideπ547Παρέμπτωσιςparemptosisπ548Παρεμφῆναιto indicateπ549Παρενείρειinterjects
Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Jun 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. added note, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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