"ellipsis" meaning in Latin

See ellipsis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɛlˈliːp.sɪs] [Classical-Latin], [elˈlip.sis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:ἔλλειψις<t:omission>|title=ellīpsis}}, {{bor+|la|grc|ἔλλειψις|t=omission}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ellīpsis<3>|abl_sg=ellīpsī|acc_sg=ellīpsin/ellīpsim|g=f}} ellīpsis f (genitive ellīpsis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ellīpsis<3>|abl_sg=ellīpsī|acc_sg=ellīpsin/ellīpsim}} Forms: ellīpsis [canonical, feminine], ellīpsis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ellīpsis [nominative, singular], ellīpsēs [nominative, plural], ellīpsis [genitive, singular], ellīpsium [genitive, plural], ellīpsī [dative, singular], ellīpsibus [dative, plural], ellīpsin [accusative, singular], ellīpsim [accusative, singular], ellīpsēs [accusative, plural], ellīpsīs [accusative, plural], ellīpsī [ablative, singular], ellīpsibus [ablative, plural], ellīpsis [singular, vocative], ellīpsēs [plural, vocative]
  1. ellipsis Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-ellipsis-la-noun-sBSgIVtx
  2. ellipse Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-ellipsis-la-noun-xhPHaHow Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 81

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "el·lipse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "el·lipsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellipsis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellipse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellissi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellisse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:ἔλλειψις<t:omission>",
        "title": "ellīpsis"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἔλλειψις",
        "t": "omission"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ellīpsis<3>",
        "abl_sg": "ellīpsī",
        "acc_sg": "ellīpsin/ellīpsim",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ellīpsis f (genitive ellīpsis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ellīpsis<3>",
        "abl_sg": "ellīpsī",
        "acc_sg": "ellīpsin/ellīpsim"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis"
      ],
      "id": "en-ellipsis-la-noun-sBSgIVtx",
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipsis",
          "ellipsis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              69,
              77
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1644, René Descartes, Principia philosophiae:",
          "text": "Unde sequitur ambitum ABCD non esse circulum perfectum, sed magis ad ellipsis figuram accedere",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipse"
      ],
      "id": "en-ellipsis-la-noun-xhPHaHow",
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipse",
          "ellipse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛlˈliːp.sɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[elˈlip.sis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ellipsis"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leykʷ-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "el·lipse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "el·lipsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellipsis"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellipse"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellissi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ellisse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:ἔλλειψις<t:omission>",
        "title": "ellīpsis"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἔλλειψις",
        "t": "omission"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellīpsēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ellīpsis<3>",
        "abl_sg": "ellīpsī",
        "acc_sg": "ellīpsin/ellīpsim",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "ellīpsis f (genitive ellīpsis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ellīpsis<3>",
        "abl_sg": "ellīpsī",
        "acc_sg": "ellīpsin/ellīpsim"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipsis",
          "ellipsis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              69,
              77
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1644, René Descartes, Principia philosophiae:",
          "text": "Unde sequitur ambitum ABCD non esse circulum perfectum, sed magis ad ellipsis figuram accedere",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ellipse",
          "ellipse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛlˈliːp.sɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[elˈlip.sis]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ellipsis"
}

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