ecthlipsis (English, noun)
expansion: ecthlipsis (countable and uncountable, plural ecthlipses)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The dropping out or suppression of a consonant from a word, with or without a vowel.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
qualifier: classics
glosses: In Latin, the elision of a final /m/, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: ecthlipses
tags: plural