(from κρασίς, "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 πις for φις; αλην for αληνα, &c.; τοξες for τοξες, &c., where οι and ει are contracted into οι, and η and ι into η; and οι and ει into οι.