ἔλλειψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">falling short, defect</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑπερβολή</b>, <span class="bibl">Democr. 102</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ὑπεροχή</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>187a17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1042b25</span>; ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἔ. καὶ τὸ μέσον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1106b17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">the conic section ellipse</b>, <span class="bibl">Apollon.Perg.<span class="title">Con.</span>1.13</span> (so called because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle with height equal to the abscissa and applied to the parameter, but <b class="b2">falling short</b> of it). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ἐλλείψεσιν ἐνυπάρχειν</b> to be present in <b class="b2">deficiency</b>, of the negative terms in an algebraical expression, <span class="bibl">Dioph.1</span><span class="title">Praef.</span>p.14 T. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">ellipse</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath. 14.644a</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>117.19</span>; <b class="b2">omission</b> of a letter, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pron.</span>56.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> = [[ἔκλειψις]], <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>67.37</span> (s.v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> Pythag.name for <b class="b2">two</b>, Theol.Ar.10.</span>