288 Hyperbaton a construction where words are placed out of their natural order, as ἐν ἄλλοτε ἄλλῳ for άλλοτε ἐν ἄλλῳ another time in another. Metaplasm the name given to a noun, that forms its cases from an obsolete nominative. Metathesis transposition of letters, see § 19 Rem. 2. Paragoge adding a letter at the end, as ivi for iv. Prosthesis addition of one or more letters at the beginning of a word, as σμικρός for μικρός. Protasis, the first part of a sentence. Synaeresis the contraction of vowels. Syncope omission of one or more letters in the middle of a word. Tmesis separation of the preposition of a compound verb from its |