Zusammenziehung

From LSJ

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Source

German > Latin

Zusammenziehung, contractio (z.B. digitorum, brachii, superciliorum, frontis, umerorum; dah. übtr., die Verkürzung, z.B. syllabae).