eclipsis
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
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eclipsis (uncountable)
- (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
- A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
- (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
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis), “‘absence, abandoning’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
eclīpsis (genitive eclīpsis); f, third declension
[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.