Apocope

·noun A cutting off; abscission.

II. Apocope ·noun The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.

apocope
ăpŏcŏpē, ēs, f., = ἀποκοπή, a gram. fig., the dropping of a letter or syllable at the end of a wor...

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