ecthlipsis, is, f., = ἔκθλιψις, gram. t. t.,
ecthlipsis , the elision of a final m with its vowel before an initial vowel , Diom. 2, p. 436; Charis. 4, p. 249.
·noun The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. II. Ecth...
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