# Prodelision

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'''Prodelision''' is a form of [elision](/source/elision) where, in a string of two words, the latter word loses its initial vowel(s).

Example:

"Namqu(e) etsi nullum memorabile nomen<br>
femine(a) in poena (e)st, habet haec victoria laudem,<br>
exstinxisse nefas." (Aeneid 2.583-585)

The "e" of "est" elides in the second line, rather than the "a" of "poena". This is very common in [Latin](/source/Latin_phonology_and_orthography) with forms of the verb "esse". This type of elision is also common in [Hindustani](/source/Hindustani_language).

In poetry, it can allow for the use of words in a metric form that would otherwise make their use impossible.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont00morigoog | page = [https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont00morigoog/page/n39 23] | title = An Introduction to Greek Verse Composition with Exercises | date= 1885 | publisher = Rivingtons | first= Arthur | last = Sidgwick | authorlink = Arthur Sidgwick | first2= Francis David | last2= Morice}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Synalepha](/source/Synalepha)

==References==
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Category:Phonology

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