ecthlipsis

[ ek-thlip-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural ecthlipses

loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.

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Word History and Origins

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek é��ٳ��ī��, equivalent to ��ٳ��ī́�� ( ein ) to squeeze out ( ek- ec- + �ٳ��ī́��𾱲�, variant of ��ī́��𾱲� to squeeze) + -sis -sis

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Ecthlipsis, ek-thlip′sis, n. omission or suppression of a letter.

From

To scanning there belong the figures called Synalœpha, Ecthlipsis, Synæresis, Diæresis, and Cæsura.

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Ecthlipsis is as often as the letter m is cut off with its vowel; the next word beginning with a vowel, as Mōnstrum hōrrēndum īnfōrme īngēns—spectāvĭmŭs hōrtīs: We saw a horrible, ugly, great monster in the gardens.

From

ectasia ecthyma

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