"movable nu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: movable nus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} movable nu (plural movable nus)
  1. (grammar) The letter nu placed on the end of some grammatical forms in Attic or Ionic Greek, to avoid two vowels in a row (hiatus) or to create a long syllable in poetic meter. Synonyms: ephelcystic nu, nu movable Translations (Translations): νῦ ἐφελκυστικόν (nû ephelkustikón) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), nu éphelcystique [masculine] (French), ni eufónica [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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