ἔκθλιψις
From LSJ
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A squeezing out, Hp.Aph.7.85, Arist.Mete.342a15, Epicur.Ep.2p.50U. ; τοῦ λοιποῦ (sc. οῠρον) Gal. UP5.16. II affliction, distress, LXX Ez.12.18. III Gramm., ecthlipsis, ejection of a letter, as σκῆπτρον, σκᾶπτον, A.D.Conj.230.10, etc.; also, elision, Eust.984.15(pl.).