ellipsisn.

/ɛˈlɪpsɪs/

Forms: Plural ellipses /-siːz/. Also 1600s elipsis, 1700s elleipsis, (irregular) illipsis, plural ellipsises.

Etymology: < Latin ellīpsis, < Greek ἔλλειψις : see ellipse n.

a. = ellipse n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > conic section > ellipse

egg-form1551

ellipsis1570

oval1570

ellipse1753

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > closed curve > ellipse

egg-form1551

ellipsis1570

ellipse1753

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Comte de Candale in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 375^v This section is a Conicall section, which is called Ellipsis.

1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons v. 49 in Elements Philos. If the Section be an Ellipsis..you may use the same Method.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 33 The Planets..could not possibly acquire such Revolutions..in Ellipses very little Eccentric.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 14 Comets Ellipses come near to Parabola's.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 32 The Ellipsis or Oval ABCD.

1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 47 A fine bowling-green cut into an ellipsis.

1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 119 It had traversed..an ellipsis.

†b. attributive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 33 These Ellipsis, or Semi-Oval Arches..are sometimes made over Gate-ways.

2. Grammar. The omission of one or more words in a sentence, which would be needed to complete the grammatical construction or fully to express the sense; concrete an instance of such omission.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > ellipsis

ellipsis1621

suppression1728

prosiopesis1922

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > ellipsis

eclipsis1538

ellipsis1621

ellipse1843

1621 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (ed. 4) 69 The first of the Substantives is oft understood by a figure called Ellipsis.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 37 (note) in Poems It is an Elleipsis, or leaving something to be understood by the Reader.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 73 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Ellipsis or Speech by half-words [is the peculiar talent] of Ministers and Politicians.

1749 J. Mason Ess. Power & Harmony Prosaic Numbers 63 An Illipsis will often help the Rhythmus, by contracting two Syllables into one, as 'tis, don't: for it is, do not.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. ii. 25 Violent ellipses and inversions of language.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xviii. §27 note The ancient lawyers in the construction of their appellatives have indulged themselves in much harsher ellipsises without scruple.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 476 The ellipsis was now filled up with words of high import.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist ii. 112 Grammatical roughnesses or ellipses.

†3. Formerly used as the name of the dash (—) employed in writing or printing to indicate the omission of letters in a word. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > omission marks

apostrophe1598

caret1710

eclipsis1727

break1733

dash1733

blank1773

ellipsis1795

tilde1959

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 173 An Ellipsis..is also used, when some letters in a word, or some words in a verse, are omitted; as, ‘The k—ng’, for ‘the king..’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ellipsis
释义	ellipsisn. /ɛˈlɪpsɪs/ Forms: Plural ellipses /-siːz/. Also 1600s elipsis, 1700s elleipsis, (irregular) illipsis, plural ellipsises. Etymology: < Latin ellīpsis, < Greek ἔλλειψις : see ellipse n. 1. a. = ellipse n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > conic section > ellipse egg-form1551 ellipsis1570 oval1570 ellipse1753 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > closed curve > ellipse egg-form1551 ellipsis1570 ellipse1753 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Comte de Candale in tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 375^v This section is a Conicall section, which is called Ellipsis. 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons v. 49 in Elements Philos. If the Section be an Ellipsis..you may use the same Method. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 33 The Planets..could not possibly acquire such Revolutions..in Ellipses very little Eccentric. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth i. 14 Comets Ellipses come near to Parabola's. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 32 The Ellipsis or Oval ABCD. 1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 47 A fine bowling-green cut into an ellipsis. 1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 119 It had traversed..an ellipsis. †b. attributive. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 33 These Ellipsis, or Semi-Oval Arches..are sometimes made over Gate-ways. 2. Grammar. The omission of one or more words in a sentence, which would be needed to complete the grammatical construction or fully to express the sense; concrete an instance of such omission. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > ellipsis ellipsis1621 suppression1728 prosiopesis1922 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > ellipsis eclipsis1538 ellipsis1621 ellipse1843 1621 J. Brinsley Posing of Parts (ed. 4) 69 The first of the Substantives is oft understood by a figure called Ellipsis. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 37 (note) in Poems It is an Elleipsis, or leaving something to be understood by the Reader. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 73 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Ellipsis or Speech by half-words [is the peculiar talent] of Ministers and Politicians. 1749 J. Mason Ess. Power & Harmony Prosaic Numbers 63 An Illipsis will often help the Rhythmus, by contracting two Syllables into one, as 'tis, don't: for it is, do not. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. ii. 25 Violent ellipses and inversions of language. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xviii. §27 note The ancient lawyers in the construction of their appellatives have indulged themselves in much harsher ellipsises without scruple. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 476 The ellipsis was now filled up with words of high import. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist ii. 112 Grammatical roughnesses or ellipses. †3. Formerly used as the name of the dash (—) employed in writing or printing to indicate the omission of letters in a word. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > omission marks apostrophe1598 caret1710 eclipsis1727 break1733 dash1733 blank1773 ellipsis1795 tilde1959 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 173 An Ellipsis..is also used, when some letters in a word, or some words in a verse, are omitted; as, ‘The k—ng’, for ‘the king..’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1570
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