ἔκ-θλιψις,εως,ἡ,
A. squeezing out,
Hp. Aph. 7.85 , Arist. Mete. 342a15 , Epicur. Ep. 2p.50U. ;τοῦ λοιποῦ(sc.οῠρον) Gal. UP 5.16 .
II. affliction, distress,
LXX Ez. 12.18 .
III. Gramm.,ecthlipsis, ejectionof a letter, asσκῆπτρον, σκᾶπτον,
A.D. Conj. 230.10 , etc.; also,elision,
Eust. 984.15 (pl.).