ecthlipsis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκθλιψις (ékthlipsis, “a squeezing out”), from ἐκθλίβω (ekthlíbō, “to squeeze out”), from θλίβω (thlíbō, “to squeeze; to compress”). === Noun === ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses) (phonology) The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel. (phonology, classics) In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. ==== See also ==== eclipsis ellipsis