Ec-thlip'sis, n.
n. [Gr. ἔκθλιψις, from ἐκθλίβειν, to squeeze out, from ἐκ, out of, and θλίβειν, to press.] (Lat. Pros.) A figure by which a final m, with the preceding vowel, is cut off, when the next word begins with a vowel.
n. [Gr. ἔκθλιψις, from ἐκθλίβειν, to squeeze out, from ἐκ, out of, and θλίβειν, to press.] (Lat. Pros.) A figure by which a final m, with the preceding vowel, is cut off, when the next word begins with a vowel.