apostrophus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The omission of a vowel or syllable from a word, usually indicated by the apostrophe symbol ( ' ). examples: 'til, can't archaic
    — Vowels suffer also this apostrophus before the consonant h.
  2. The apostrophe symbol used to mark this elision. archaic
    — The apostrophus or mark of contraction, is the same with the comma, onely the difference is of place; for, this stands not in the line, but over the upper part thereof, where the contraction is:
  3. An open notehead ( ~ ) or an apostrophe ( ' ) used as a neume to mark a low, unaccented syllable at the beginning of a phrase or a short quick syllable historical
    — You find not the apostrophus, and so miss the accent. Let me supervise the canzonet.
  4. The symbol 'Ↄ', used in Roman numerals to indicate multiplication by 10.
    — In every multiplication with ten a fresh apostrophus is added; thus IↃↃ = 5000, IↃↃↃ = 50,000.

词形变化

apostrophi plural

词源

From Latin apostrophus.
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