Crases - English meaning
Crases – definitions in English dictionary
nounA contraction of two adjacent vowels into one long vowel or diphthong, for example the reduction of words in ancient greek from three syllables to two.
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In some cases analogous to crasis two simple tags best describe a single greek word.
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Word origin
mid 16th century (as a medical term denoting the blending of physical qualities giving rise to a particular state of health): from Greek krasis ‘mixture’.
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