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Added 10 October 2026

synaphea

noun

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

noun

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

Origin

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

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