synaphea

See also: Synaphea

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to join together”).

Alternative forms

• synapheia

Noun

synaphea (uncountable)

1. (prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.
2. (prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
3. (prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.

Etymology 2

From translingual Synaphea (“genus name”).

Noun

synaphea (plural synapheas)

1. Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.

Derived terms

• granite synaphea (Synaphea acutiloba)
• Helena synaphea (Synaphea pinnata)
• Albany synaphea (Synaphea polymorpha)