Definition of Ecthlipsis. Meaning of Ecthlipsis. Synonyms of Ecthlipsis

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Definition of Ecthlipsis

Ecthlipsis
Ecthlipsis Ec*thlip"sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? 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.

Meaning of Ecthlipsis from wikipedia

- co****tive (e.g. a-delphós) or the prefix an- (i.e. the preposition aná with ecthlipsis or elision of its final vowel before a following vowel; e.g. an-ode)....
- words ending with -m would also be elided in the same way (this is called ecthlipsis). In writing, unlike in Gr****, this would not be shown, with the normal...
- word ending in vowel + m is similarly elided (sometimes this is called Ecthlipsis): thus nec durum in pectore ferrum reads as nec dur' in pectore ferrum...