apostrophus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin apostrophus. === Noun === apostrophus (plural apostrophi) (archaic) The omission of a vowel or syllable from a word, usually indicated by the apostrophe symbol ( ' ). examples: 'til, can't (archaic) The apostrophe symbol used to mark this elision. (music, historical) 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 The symbol 'Ↄ', used in Roman numerals to indicate multiplication by 10. == Latin == === Alternative forms === apostrophos === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned back”), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpɔs.trɔ.pʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpɔs.tro.fus] === Noun === apostrophus f (genitive apostrophī); second declension (Late Latin, orthography) The symbol '; apostrophe ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “apostrophus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “apostrophus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.