APOCOPE  後部省略法

ELLIPSIS of the last part of a word.

省尾法 Omission of the last syllable in word.

Hypernym
  • ELLIPSIS省略法 RHETORICAL FIGURE of omitting an expression which is to be understood from context.Leaving out of words or phrases which have to be understood in order to understand what is said. Compare ZEUGMA, which is ELLIPSIS of a word that "re"curs in context.
    • RHETORICAL FIGURE形式詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which mainly consists in the distribution of expressions in a passage.
REF: Lausberg 462, discussed in Miriam 52f as apocope: "Apocope is the omission of the last syllable of a word, as bet for better."

Greek/Latin: Practised in poetry.

Ancient Chinese: Hard to detect if it ever occurs, given the Chinese writing system.

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