ἔλλειψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falling short]], [[defect]], opp. [[ὑπερβολή]], Democr. 102, Pl.Prt.356a; opp. [[ὑπεροχή]], Arist.Ph.187a17, Metaph.1042b25; ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἔλλειψις καὶ τὸ [[μέσον]] Id.EN1106b17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[conic]] [[section]] [[ellipse]], Apollon.Perg.Con.1.13 (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 [[fall]]ing [[short]] of it).<br><span class="bld">3</span> ἐν ἐλλείψεσιν ἐνυπάρχειν to be [[present]] in [[deficiency]], of the [[negative]] [[term]]s in an [[algebraical]] [[expression]], Dioph.1Praef.p.14 T.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[ellipse]], Ath. 14.644a, A.D.Synt.117.19; [[omission]] of a [[letter]], Id.Pron.56.28.<br><span class="bld">5</span> = [[ἔκλειψις]], Olymp.in Mete.67.37 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[Pythagorean]] [[name]] for [[two]], Theol.Ar.10.