prothesis

prothesis englanniksi

1. The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish (m) from Greek (via Latin) (m) (without prothesis the word would have become *''sfera'').

2. The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.

3. table|Credence table.