hyphen, indecl. n., = ὑφʼ ἕν,
a rhetorical figure , by which two words are united as one, Diom. p. 429 P.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 192.
·vt To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word. II. Hyphen ·nou...
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