Prosody. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἔκθλιψις, f. ἐκθλίβειν f. ἐκ out + θλίβειν to rub, squeeze.] (See quot. 1880.)
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 176. Ecthlipsis … a striking out. It is a figure of Prosodia, especially when (M) with his vowel is taken away, the next word beginning with a vowel.
1678. in Phillips.
1715. in Kersey.
1880. Roby, School Lat. Gr., § 941. Ecthlipsis, crushing out, in verse, of a syllable ending in m before an ensuing vowel.
