ἔκθλιψις
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 760] ἡ, das Heraus-Wegdrücken; Arist. Meteorl. 1, 4; Medic. Bei den Gramm. = Ausstoßen eines Buchstaben.