eclipsis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 References 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Related terms 2.3.3 Descendants

[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

eclipsis (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
2. A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
3. (Irish grammar) The suppression of the sounds of certain radical consonants in place of others.

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis), “‘absence, abandoning’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /eˈkliːp.sis/

[edit] Noun

eclīpsis (genitive eclīpsis); f, third declension

1. a solar eclipse

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	eclīpsis	eclīpsēs
genitive	eclīpsis	eclīpsium
dative	eclīpsī	eclīpsibus
accusative	eclīpsem	eclīpsēs 1
ablative	eclīpse	eclīpsibus
vocative	eclīpsis	eclīpsēs

¹ May also be eclipsīs.

[edit] Related terms

• eclipticus

[edit] Descendants

English: eclipse, eclipsis French: éclipse Galician: eclipse

Old French: eclipse Portuguese: eclipse Spanish: eclipse