mfn. (pr. p. 3 -hā), not dropping or losing (in comp.) 001378 10,1 2098 f. a rhetorical figure (using a word which involves the meaning of another word previously used, as white ones for white horses, lances for men with lances). 001379 10,1 2099 m. (in Gr.) a noun which does not drop its original gender, when used as an adjective. 001380 10,1 2100