ἔκλειψις, εως, ἡ,
(ἐκλείπω) abandonment, νεῶν, πολίων, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.25, 7.37; τῆς πατρίδος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 41.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II (from intransitive) of Sun or Moon, eclipse, ἡλίου ἐκλείψεις [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1044b10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. τελεία, μερική, [[ 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.6; εἰλικρινής [prev. work] 5: _metaphorically_ (with play on I), βασιλέως 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.16.1, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 17. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 failing, cessation, τῶν δυνάμεων [[ [prev. author] 2.433f (_plural_), compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; extinction of a race, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.5.12. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 defect, omission, [[ [prev. author] 5.3.7. ] Refs]
__II.4 in Law, failing to appear in court, [[ AB 259. ] Refs]
__II.5 ἔκλειψις χορίου retention of the afterbirth, [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.75. ] Refs 7th c.AD+]