10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECTHLIPSIS»
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ecthlipsis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ecthlipsis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Latin prosody made easy: The 4th ed. with the poetic ...
Ecthlipsis. M vorat Ecthlipsis, quoties vocalibus anteit. Ecthlipsis strikes off a
syllable ending with M, when immediately followed by a word beginningjwith a
vowel; as, Disce, puer, virtutem ex me, verumque laborem, Fortunam ex aliis. (
Virgil.
2
Terence and the Verb 'to Be' in Latin: Contractions, ...
The main topic of the thesis is a discussion of the contraction of esse (-st est , -'s -es), a widespread phenomenon in Latin comedy, generally known as 'prodelision'.
SYNAI^EPHA AND ECTHLIPSIS. § 305, L A final vowel or diphthong is cut off in
scanning, when the following word begins with a voweL This is called
synalaepha. 2. Final m, with the preceding vowel is cut off, when the following
word begins ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, 1847
4
A System of Latin Prosody and Metre: From the Best ...
ECTHLIPSIS.2 I. Ecthlipsis is the eliding of the consonant m at the end of a word,
when the following word begins with a vowel or the letter h ; and after the m is
removed by ecth- lipsis, a synalcepha immediately operates, and cuts off the
vowel ...
5
The Poetic Art of Aldhelm
Such comparative reluctance to elide short syllables, and instead to focus on
ecthlipsis of -um, -am, -em and -im (in that order), is difficult to parallel in Latin
poetry from any period. Indeed, according to figures published by Green relating
to ...
6
A new Latin grammar ...
In the following examples, the pupil is required to apply the ecthlipsis, to scan the
lines, and give the rules. Paeonium in morem senior succinctus amictu. Leniter
ex merito, quicquid patiare ferendum est. Praacipue cum jam hie trabibus ...
Joab Goldsmith Cooper, 1829
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Latin Prosody Made Easy ... With occasional observations and ...
_To avoid such confusion, the termElision might conveniently supply the place of
both зудит/де and Ecthlipsis-leaving Syriœresis to be applied (as by Quin_lilium
to. Pìzwtllon, and such other contractions идти lnqticed under “ Syneeresis,” ...
8
Grammar of the Latin Language
Virg. For synalojpha at the end of a line, see Synapheia, § 307, 3. ECTHLIPSIS. 2
. Final m, with the preceding vowel, is cut off when the following word begins with
a vowel. This is called ecthlipsis. Thus, O curas homlnum, O quantum est in ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, 1851
9
The Early Textual History of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura
There is nothing unlucretian in the two words: sigmatic ecthlipsis before more
than one consonant has parallels in Lucretius (e.g. before st- V1.943 and str- VI.
I95), this (very probably) fifth-foot instance209 coheres with his typical practice,
210 ...
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Elements of Latin prosody and metre
M vorat Ecthlipsis quoties vocalibus anteii. Ecthlipsisb is the elision of the
consonant M with its preceding vowel, at the end of a word, when the following
word begins with a vowel or the aspirate h ; as, Catul. Omnia tecu'M. Una
fierierunt ...
