ellipsis Latin · revision 4073

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Quintilian|origins=grc ἔλλειψις}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛlˈliːp.sɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [elˈlip.sis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ellīpsis''' ''f'' (genitive ellīpsis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἔλλειψις|tr=élleipsis|t=omission, falling short]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Saalfeld 1874) The Greek is from [[m|grc|ἐλλείπω|tr=elleípō|t=to fall short, leave out]].^(Etymonline) Its native Latin equivalent was [[detractio|alt=dētractiō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Quintilian uses it of the omission of a word.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Quintilian about 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a grammatical and rhetorical term for leaving out a word needed to complete the sense.^(OLD 2012) Priscian uses ''per ellipsin'', “by ellipsis”, and the scholia on Juvenal have the spellings ''ellimsis'' and ''enlipsis''.^(Georges 1913)^(TLL)

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+ In medieval Latin it meant elision and omission, and by confusion with ''eclipsis'' also an eclipse or disappearance.^(MLW) Wiktionary also gives the sense “ellipse”.^(Wiktionary) English ''ellipsis'' is recorded in the 1560s for the geometrical figure, and later in grammar.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 6th century AD – Priscian uses ''per ellipsin''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''ellipsis'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|ellipsis]], the omission of a word.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(geometry)'' An [[m|en|ellipse]].^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|eclipse]], disappearance.^(MLW)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|ellipsis]]

+ * [[en|ellipse]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}