(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 ἀπὸς for ἀπὸς; ἀδελφός for ἀδελφός, &c. τοῦτος for τοῦτος, &c. where ἐν and ἐν are contracted into εν; and ἐν and ἐν into εν; and ἐν and ἐν into εν.