(from ἀπομεινα, to mix), the temper of the blood peculiar to every constitution.

in grammar, is a figure whereby two different letters are either contracted into one long letter or a diphthong. Such, e.g., is ος for ορς; ακην for αληνη, &c.; τυκης for τυκης, &c. where ι and α are contracted into ος; and η into ου; and ο into ω.