prosthesis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prosthĕsis, is, f., = πρόσθεσις, and prŏthĕsis, is, f., = πρόθεσις,

a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter or syllable to a word , prosthesis; as gnatus for natus, tetuli for tuli, Charis. 4; Diom. 2.

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