Did poets elide across consonants?

1. What is elision in Latin poetry?
2. How does elision work in Latin?

What is elision in Latin poetry?

ELISON: If a word ends in a vowel (e.g. vento), or a vowel + m (e.g. vitam), AND the next word begins with a vowel or h, the vowel, and the m/h are not scanned and generally not pronounced. 1 This is called elision and is marked thus: vento et.

How does elision work in Latin?

In classical Latin, hiatus is eliminated by a process known as elision, or synaloephe, where the final vowel of the preceding word is fused with the following one or left unpronounced.