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Webster 1913 Edition
Ecbatic
Ec-bat′ic
,Adj.
[See
Ecbasis
.] (Gram.)
Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase
ἵνα πληρώθη
, if rendered “so that it was fulfilled,” is ecbatic; if rendered “in order that it might be.” etc., is telic.