prosthesis

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Ῥύου δὲ σαυτὸν παντὸς ἐκ φαύλου τρόπου → Ex omni more malefico tete eruas → Bewahre dich vor jeder üblen Lebensart

Menander, Monostichoi, 473

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prosthĕsis: is, f., = πρόσθεσις, and prŏthĕsis, is, f., = πρόθεσις,
I a grammatical figure consisting in the prefixing of a letter or syllable to a word, prosthesis; as gnatus for natus, tetuli for tuli, Charis. 4; Diom. 2.