SYNAPHEA
\sˈɪnɐfˌi͡ə], \sˈɪnɐfˌiə], \s_ˈɪ_n_ɐ_f_ˌiə]\
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sin-a-f[=e]'a, n. the metrical continuity between one colon and another, mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapæstics: elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.--Also SYNAPHEI'A. [Gr.,--synaptein, to join together.]
By Thomas Davidson
