noun
ăphaerĕsis
Meaning
- the dropping of a letter
ăphaerĕsis, is, f., = ἀφαίρεσις, a gram. fig.,
I. the dropping of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word (e. g. ruere for eruere, temnere for contemnere, etc.), Prob. p. 1438 P.; Don. p. 1772 ib.; Charis. p. 248 ib.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 546; 1, 669 al.
In English words that came into English from ăphaerĕsis
- apheresisăphaerĕsis