noun
prosthĕsis
Meaning
- a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter
prosthĕsis, is, f., = πρόσθεσις, and prŏthĕsis, is, f., = πρόθεσις,
I. a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter or syllable to a word, prosthesis; as gnatus for natus, tetuli for tuli, Charis. 4; Diom. 2.