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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ăpŏcŏpē</b>: ēs, f., = [[ἀποκοπή]], a gram. [[fig]].,<br /><b>I</b> the dropping of a [[letter]] or [[syllable]] at the [[end]] of a [[word]] (e. g. bonu' for [[bonus]], do for [[domo]]), Prob. p. 1438 P.; [[Don]]. p. 1772 P.; [[Charis]]. p. 248 P.; [[Victor]]. p. 2499 P.; cf. Wagn. ad Verg. Cat. 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=apocope apocopes N F :: dropping of a letter/syllable at the end of a word
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{{trml
|trtx=Breton: losttroc'h; Chinese Mandarin: 字尾音消失; Danish: apokope; Dutch: [[apocope]]; Finnish: loppuheitto, apokopee; French: [[apocope]]; Galician: apócope; German: [[Apokope]]; Greek: [[αποκοπή]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἀποκοπή]]; Hungarian: szórövidülés, apokopé; Icelandic: brottfall; Irish: coimriú deiridh; Italian: [[apocope]]; Japanese: 語末音消失; Occitan: apocòpa; Polish: apokopa; Portuguese: [[apócope]]; Russian: [[апокопа]]; Spanish: [[apócope]]; Swedish: apokope; Turkish: apokop; Welsh: ôl-doriad
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