Lewis Short
syncŏpē | syncŏpa, ae (noun F) = συγκοπή.: or
* A fainting away, swooning, syncope, Veg. 1, 35.
* In gram., the omission of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word, syncope, Charis. p. 248 P.; Diom. p. 436 ib.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary