JE G O 



^GLEFINUS, in Ichthyoloay,-^ name givcnby authors to 

 the Haddock. 



/EGLETE, in ylncimt Geegraphy, a pUicc in tho ide of 

 Anapha, whence Apollo obtained the furname of ^Eglctc. 



jEGLESTAAVICK, in Ccogrii[>hy, a goodhahour, half a 

 mile from SodertleGe, a town ot Sudeitorn iu Sweden. 

 E. long. l8° 40'. N.lat. 59° 20'. 



tEGLEUS, in Botany, a term derived fi-om the Greek 

 rtiyXiw;, and nfed by Galen to diiUnguifli the white chamx- 

 leon thiftle, whieh was an efculent and medicinal plant, from 

 the erebennus, spspsnos,-, which was what we call the blaeli 

 chama;leon thiille, and was elleemed poifonous. 



7EGOBOL1UM, in ^ntiyul.'y, the faerilice of a goat of- 

 fered to Cybele. This was an expiatory facrifiee, whieh nearly 

 refemblcd the tcnrolulhim and crioboHitm, and fcems to have 

 been fometimes joined with them. 



jEGOBOLLfS, a furname given to Bacclius, becaufe 

 inftead of a young man who was facriiiced to him, he con- 

 tented himfelf with a goat. 



VEGOCEPHALUS, in Ormthology, the name by which 

 authors call the bird, known in England by the name of 

 the GoDwiT, or in forae places the yarwhep or yarwhip. 



jEGOCERAS, in Botany, a name given to Fenugreek, 

 on account of its corniculatcd fruit ; the word fignifying 

 ^Cell's horn. 



yEGOCERATOS. See Hugonia. 



yEGOCEROS, formed of aij, goat, in AJlronomy, a name 

 given to the conllellation Capricorn. Thus, Luean, 1. 9. 

 V. 537, and 1. I®. V. 213. 



" Varii mutator circulus anni 



iEgoceron, cancrumque tenet." 

 Pan, dignified by the poets and elevated to the ilars, trans- 

 formed himfelf into a goat, and was called jEgoceros. 



.EGOLETHRON, in Botany, a plant defcribcd by 

 Pliny ; which appears to be the fame with what Tournefort 

 defcribes under the name ot chamserodendros pontica maxima 

 niefpili folio, flore luteo. The ancients attribute dangerous 

 tjuaiitics to it. 



iEGOMANTIA, in Antiquity, a fpecies of divination 

 perfonried by means of a goat. 



iEGON, in Entomology, a fpecies of Papilio, with 

 brown wings and fpolted yellow fafcis ; found in Jamaica, 

 .^gon is alfo a name given by fome writers to the Argus. 



AGONES, in Ancient Geography, a people of Gaul, 

 tranfported according to Polybius (p. 105) into that part of 

 Italy called Cifpadana, and placed between the Senonta and 

 13oii, 



iEGONICHUS, in Botany, a name mentioned by Pliny, 

 as a lynonym of the lithofpemium or gromwell, and formed of 

 «i>of owj|, the c/aw, ox hoof of a goat. The ancients alfo 

 called it exonychon .; and by thefc terms cxprefled its being 

 like the exterior part ot th.e huniun nails on the fingers, 

 and deduced the refemblance from the hardnefs and fcaly 

 nature of the feeds. 



^SGOPH AG A, in Mythology, a furname of Jimo, becaufe 

 goats were facrificed to her. 



^EGOPHTHALMUS, iU goat's-eyijone, in Natural 

 Hiftory, a name given by fom.e authors, to thoft ])ieces of agat, 

 or othiT femi-pellucid gems, which have circular fpots re- 

 fembhng the eyes of that animal in colour, and in their 

 round figure. 



^GOPHTHALMUs, in thc Linnjpan Syftem by Gmelin, is 

 a {peciesof Helix, with an umbilicated Ihell of a grcenirti 

 colour without fpots ; and Itaving fcvcn fpiral turns. It is 

 fuimd in India, Barbary and tjoiith America, 



j£GOP< jDJ UM, fonned from aijf, a^'Ofl/, and s-cJioy, a di- 

 Vol, j. 



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minutivc of ttv,-, a foot, in Botany, »genu9 of \iii pentan' 

 dria Sgynia clafs and order, and of the natural order of urn- 

 bellalis or uinbilUferie : the characters OB^ which are, that die 

 univerfal umbel of the calyx is maij[ifold and convex, thc 

 partial fimilar, but fl;it ; without ii^hicre, and the proper 

 periantiiium fcarcc obfervabk : thc"iiviverlal corolla is uni- 

 form, with every flofcule fertile ; the particular has five obo- 

 vatc, concave petals, index at the top and equal : thc fta- 

 mina confill of fimple filaments, twice as long as the corolla, 

 with roundidi anthers ; thc pilHllum has an inferior germ, 

 fiir.plc ue6t ilylts of the length of the corolla, with headed 

 lli^^na.; ; no pcricarpium; thc fruit ovate-oblong, ftreaked 

 andbipanilc; the feeds are two, ovate, oblong, concave, and 

 llreaked on one fide, and flat on the other. There is one 

 fpecies, viz. jE. pofi^igraria. Herb Gerard, gout-weed, or 

 achcweed, which is a perennial, creeping weed, with white- 

 flowers, that appear in May or June. It is aromatic, but 

 not ufed in n\edicine. Thc Germans formerly recurred to 

 it for alTuaging the pains of the gout and piles, w h.ence 

 its name gout-weed. Li^na'us fays, that when it is tender 

 in the fpring, it is boiled for greens and eaten in Sweden. 

 Cows fhecp and goats cat it ; but horfes are not fond of it. 

 It is found amongll rubbilh in Ihady places, in cultivated, 

 grounds, and in the hedges. 



.<£GOPODIUM. See CicuTA and Smyrnium. 



^GOPOGON, a name ufed by Tragus, and fome 

 others, for the coiftmon meadow-fweet or ulmaria. Sec 



SplRJEA. 



^GOPRICON, formed from ai| and ff^iw, to fatu or 

 fiijlen, but without any alccrtained meaning ; in Botany, a 

 genus of the monuecia inonandria clafs and order : the cha- 

 rarters are, that the male flowers are im;ill, in an ovate 

 ament; their calyx one-leafed, tubulous or trifid : no corplla; 

 the ftamina of one filament, longer than the calyx, ereft, 

 with an ovate anther : the female flowers are on the fame 

 plant and folitary ; the calyx and corolla are the fame as the 

 male : the piilillum has an ovate fuperior germ, three diva- 

 ricate ftyles, with fimple permanent ftigmas : th? pericac-- 

 pium is a globular berry, tricoccous and trilocular witliin, 

 with a bifid point: the feeds are folitar^', and angular on one 

 fide. There is one fpecies, viz. M.. Bctulinvni, which is a 

 tree very much branched, with wrinkled bark, and alternate 

 leaves refembling thofe of myrtle. Dalberg noticed it in 

 Surinam, and Aublet in Guiana. Martyn. Gmelin in thc 

 laft edition of Einnxus, refers this genus to the monandria 

 trigynia clafs and order. 



^GOSPOTAMOS, q. d. Goat's river, in Ancient Geo- 

 graphy and Hijlory, a river of the Thracian Cherfonefus, fall- 

 ing with a north-call eoui-fe into the Hellefpont, to the north 

 of Seftos. There v^•as alfo a town, called JEgos, and a naval 

 flation, at the mouth of this river, nearly oppofite to Lamp- 

 facus. At this place, the Laccd-.cmonians under Lyfander, 

 obtained a complete viAoiy over tlit Athenians, commanded 

 by Conon ; and this victor)', which was foon followed by 

 the capture of Athens, put an end to the Peloponnefiati 

 war, and to the nraritiine power of the Athenians. The 

 Athenian fieet, after the lofs of Lampfacus, retired to this 

 ilation, and here tiiey h.alted over againll thc enemy, who 

 were then at anchor liefore Eampiacus. The Hellefpont in 

 this part of it is not above two thouland paces broad ; and 

 therefore the two armies, being fo near each other, expeftcd 

 to come to an immediate battle. Lyfander, however, was 

 cautious and wary ; and determined, notwithflaiiding re- 

 peated infults on the part of the Athenians, to wait till the 

 Athenians had debarked their forces. Alcibiadcs rcprc- 

 fented to the Athenian generals thc inconveniences and dan- 

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