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hypodiastole

hypodiastole [LL < ὑποδιαστολή] , (mark indicating) separation of (written) words to avoid ambiguity. hypodiastoli est divisio compositarum litterarum propter ambiguitates, ut est ‘viridique in litore conspicitur, sus’ [Verg. Aen. VIII 83], ut non erret qui legat, ne prorsus ‘ursum’ legat Aldh. PR 141 p. 200; ypudiastole, subseparatio GlC Interp. Nom. 332; tercia ‥ prosodia ‥ vocatur ypodiastile et est contraria hiphen, nam male coherencia descernit et separat per notam que est quasi pars dextra circuli supposita illi quod debet ab alio separari vel quasi posita inter ea Bacon CSPhil. 517; Greci habent tres figuras pro tribus passionibus, que vocantur apostrophe, hyphen, hipodiastole Id. Gram. Hib. 208.

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