συνᾰλῐφή,ἡ,
A. stopping of a hiatus, coalescingof two syllables into one, either by synaeresis, crasis, or elision, D.H. Comp. 6 , 22 , al., S.E. M. 1.161 ;κατὰ συναλιφὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου(inὦλλοι) A.D. Synt. 5.28 ;τῆς ς. Ἰωνικωτέρας γενομένης(inὑπόδραforὑφ-) Id. Adv. 139.14 , cf. 152.20 ; Eust. 1561.6 speaks only of crasis and synaeresis;κατὰ τὴν ς. Str. 8.6.7 ;= coeuntes litterae, Quint. Inst. 9.4.35 : generally,running togetherof words, Demetr. Eloc. 70 .
2.
= νουμηνία , Gem. 8.11 . [In codd. freq. writtenσυναλειφή(e.g. Sch.All. 24.12 ) orσυναλοιφή, but-αλιφ-, which is mentioned by Eust. 1561.6 , is found in the best codd. of D.H. Comp. ll. cc., A.D. Synt. 140.14 (v. Uhlig ad loc.), al., Heph. 2.4 , Suid.
s.v. ἔνθους, ἕνωσις , Sch.A Il. passim, EM 116.23 , al. (v. p.2464 Gaisf.), Sch. S. OC 504 , 1588 , Sch. E. Hec. 336 ; cf.ἀλιφή, ἀπαλοιφή, καταλιφή, περιαλιφή.]