eclipsis

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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) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.

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Verb [edit]

eclipsis

  1. Second-person singular present subjunctive form of eclipsar.

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eclīpsis (an eclipse)

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis, absence, abandoning).

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Noun [edit]

eclīpsis (genitive eclīpsis); f, third declension

  1. a solar eclipse

Inflection [edit]

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 eclīpsīs.

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