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

in Grammar, is a figure by which two different letters are either contracted into one long letter or a dipthong. Such, for instance, is ερις for ερεις; αληφος for αληφα; τυργος for τυργεις; &c.; where i and s are contracted into r; and a and a into η; and ε and ο into ος.