Category Archives: [Word of the Day]

A featured word to be studied across all my languages of interest.

ἜΚΛΕΙΨΙΣ – Word of the Day (2017-08-21)

  • ἔκλειψις /é.kleːpʰ.sis/ → /ˈe.kliɸ.sis/ → /ˈe.klip.sis/, gen. ἐκλείψεως/ἐκλείψιος, pl. ἐκλείψεις/ἐκλείψιες: disappearance, abandonment; especially disappearance of a celestial body: eclipse
    • ἐκλείπω /e.klěː.pɔː/ → /eˈkli.po/ → /eˈkli.po/ – leave out, pass over; forsake, desert, abandon; leave off, cease; fail, am wanting, am inferior; fail (someone); die; faint; depart; be left, remain;be eclipsed
      • λείπω /lěː.pɔː/ → /ˈli.po/ → /ˈli.po/ – leave; leave alone, release; be left, remain, survive; leave, depart, disappear; desert, fail; lack, fall short, fail

 

eclipsis – LATINA– Word of the Day (2017-08-21)

  • eclipsis, -is /eˈkliːp.sis/ – eventus astronomicus fieri cum corpus caeleste per umbram alterius transeat. Quanta magis communis vocabulum refert ad defectionem solis, cum umbra lunae proiiciat ad superficiem terrae. Etiam magis communis refert ad eclipsem lunaris cum luna intret in umbram terrae. Alia vocabuli qua eundem significant sunt occultatio vel defectio.