μεταφωνία

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Greek Monolingual

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γλωσσ. ποιοτική μεταβολή φωνήεντος υπό την επίδραση του φωνήεντος γειτονικής συλλαβής, λ.χ. έξαφνα > άξαφνα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. γαλλ. metaphonie < meta- (βλ. μετα-) + -phonie (< φωνή)].