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Ecthlipsis
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Ec-thlip′sis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to squeeze out.]
1.
The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
2.
(Lat. Pros.)
The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
Definition 2024
ecthlipsis
ecthlipsis
English
Noun
ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses)
- (linguistics, Latin prosody) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
- (linguistics, Latin prosody) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.