ἔκθλιψις

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.