Ecthlipsis definition
(linguistics, Latin prosody) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
noun
(linguistics, Latin prosody) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
ecthlipsis
Plural:
ecthlipsesOrigin of ecthlipsis
- Latin, from Ancient Greek, to squeeze out.
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