ecthlipsis

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ἔκστασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν → what is contrary to nature is any developmental aberration from what is in accord with nature (Aristotle, On the Heavens 286a19)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ecthlipsis: is, f., = ἔκθλιψις>, gram. t. t.,
I ecthlipsis, the elision of a final m with its vowel before an initial vowel, Diom. 2, p. 436; Charis. 4, p. 249.