eclipticus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ecliptĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἐκλειπτικός,

belonging to an eclipse : signa, Manil. 4, 816; 846 (cf. Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68): linea, the ecliptic , Serv. Verg. A. 10, 216.