ephemerls 
events by days; particularly, an almanac; a 
calendar: in this sense formerly sometimes with 
the plural as singular. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
He used to make unto himself an rplienu-ra or a jour- 
nal, in which he used to write all such notable things as 
either he did see or hear each day that passed. 
Quoted in VrmlJ'urd's Works (I'arker Soc., 1853), II. xlx. 
That calendar or ephemeridei, which he maketh ot the 
diversities of times and seasons. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 8. 
Are you the sage master-steward, with a face like an old 
epttemerUles ? Beau, and PI., Scornful Lady, t 2. 
2. In iixti-nii., a table or a collection of tables or 
data showing the daily positions of the planets 
or heavenly bodies, or of any number of them; 
specifically, an astronomical almanac, exhibit- 
ing the places of the heavenly bodies through- 
out the year, and giving other information re- 
garding them, for the use of the astronomer and 
navigator. The chief publications of this sort are the 
French " Connaissance des Temps " (from 1879), the ISritish 
" Nautical Almanack anil Astronomical Ephemeris " (from 
1788), the Berlin " Astronomisches Jahrbuch " (from 1776), 
and the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac" 
(from 1855). 
By comparing these observations with an ephemera 
computed from a former orbit, three normal places were 
found, the four observations made in May and June being 
neglected. Science, III. 401. 
3. Anything lasting only for a day or for a very 
brief period; something that is ephemeral or 
transient : especially, a publication or periodi- 
cal of only temporary interest or very short 
duration. 
ephemerist (e-fem'e-rist), . [< ephemer-is + 
-is*.] 1. One who"studies the daily motions 
and positions of the planets ; an astrologer. 
The night before he was discoursing of and slighting the 
art of foolish astrologers, and genethliacal ephetneristt, 
that pry Into the horoscope of nativities. Howll. 
2. One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist. 
[Archaic.] 
ephemerite (e-fem'e-rlt), n. [< NL. ephemeritex 
(Geinitz, 1865), < Ephemeral, 2, + -ttes, E. -72.] 
A fossil ephemerid. 
ephemerius (ef-e-m'ri-us), n. ; pi. ephemerii 
(-i). [< Qr. f^tyu^MOf. on, for, or daring the day, 
serving for the day (NGr. as a noun, as in def.), 
equiv. to i^epof, for the day: see ephemerous.] 
In the Gr. Ch. : (a) The priest whose turn it 
is to officiate ; the officiant or celebrant. (6) 
A priest in charge ; a parish priest, (c) A do- 
mestic chaplain, (rf) A monastic officer whose 
duty it is to prepare, elevate, and distribute 
the loaf used at the ceremony called the eleva- 
tion of the panagia. See panagia. 
ephemeromorph (e-fem'e-ro-m6rf), n. [< Or. 
tyij/iepos, for a day, ephemeral, + pop^fi, form.] 
A general designation given by Bastian to the 
lowest forms of life. E. D. 
ephemeron (e-fem'e-ron), n.; pi. ephemera (-rS). 
[NL., < Gr. tyi/pepov, a short-lived insect, he 
May-lly : see ephemera 1 . ] An insect which lives 
but for a day or for a very short time ; hence, 
any being whose existence is very brief. 
If God had gone on still in the same method, and short- 
ened our days as we multiplied our sins, we should have 
been but as an ephemeron: man should have lived the life 
of a fly or a gourd. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 25. 
The ephemeron perishes in an hour; man endures for 
his threescore years and ton. Whemll. 
ephemerous (e-fem'e-rus), a. [< NL. ephemeras, 
< Gr. eipi/fiepof, the more common form of iifai- 
ptpioi;, on, for, or during the day, living or last- 
ing but for a day, short-lived, temporary, < T/, 
on, + fifitpa, dial, or poet, fatpn, autpa, ii/atp, 
day. Cf. ephemeral, ephemeral.} Living or 
lasting but for a day; ephemeral. Burke. 
Ephemerum (e-fem'e-rum), n. [NL., < Gr. e<fij- 
ftepor, a poisonous plant, neut. of eitfpepos, last- 
ing but for a day: see ephemeron, ephemerous.'] 
A genus of mosses, belonging to the tribe Phas- 
ce(e : formerly the type of the tribe Ephemerea;, 
which is not now retained. There are 3 Brit- 
ish and 7 American species. 
Ephesian (e-fe'zian), a. and n. K L. Ephesius, 
< Gr. 'E^tfo-iof, < 'E^co-of, Ephesus?] I. a. Of or 
pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia 
on the coast of Asia Minor at the mouth of the 
river Cayster, famous as the seat of a peculiar 
form of the worship of Artemis, for the legends 
of Amazons connected with this eultus, for the 
magnificent temple of Artemis (the Artemision 
or Artemisium, commonly called the temple of 
Diana), and as a large and important commercial 
City. In t.'luUti;ui tinier Kpliesus became noted as a center 
of St. Paul's work in Asia Minor (one of his epistles also 
being inscribed "to the Ephesians"), as one of the seven 
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dmn-hes of the Apocalypse, and as the residence and death- 
place of St. John, after whom a modem village on the site Is 
called AianUuk(i\\aA is, "A-yios ScoAoyoc, the Holy lii\ in.-j 
It had the title of apostolic see, and its metropolitan had 
a rank nearly equal to that of patriarch, till overshadowed 
by the rise of the patriarchate of Constantinople. It was 
also the scene of a number of ecclesiastical i.-onn>-iU. nn<> 
of them ecumenical. Also A';/Afm<'. Epheslan Arte- 
mis. See Diana. Ephesian or Epheslne Council, any 
one of the several church councils held at Ephesus, the 
earliest of which met in A. D. 196 to settle a dispute as to 
the time of keeping Easter ; especially, the third general or 
ecumenical council, held at Ephesus A. D. 431, under the 
emperors Theodosius II. and Valentinian III., the most 
prominent member of which was St. Cyril, patriarch of 
Alexandria. It deposed Nestorlus, patriarch of Constan- 
tinople, and condemned his teaching as to the person of 
Christ. (See NettorianisiH.) It also decreed that no bishop 
should subject to himself any ecclesiastical province which 
had not from the beginning been under the authority of his 
predecessors, and that any province so subjected should be 
restored, and the original right* of each province always 
remain inviolate. Ephesian or Ephesine Latroclnl- 
um, a Eutychian council which met at Ephesus A. 1). 449. 
It claimed to be ecumenical, but all Its acU were annulled 
at the Chalcedonian council, A. 0. 451. See Latrocinium. 
Epheslan or Epheslne liturgies, Epheslne class, fam- 
ily, or group (of liturgies), the group or class to which the 
ancient liturgies of Gaul and Spain belong, and probably 
those of Britain also. The original or typical form repre- 
sented by the various extant offices of this family is called 
the Epherine liturgy. The connection of this type of of- 
fice with Ephesus Is a matter of inference. It is also 
sometimes called the lituryy of St. Paul or o/ St. John. 
See Gallican. 
H. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Ephe- 
sus : as, the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians. 
What man Is there that knoweth not how that the city of 
the Ephetiant is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana? 
Acta xlx. 85. 
2f. A boon companion ; a jolly fellow. 
P. Hen. What company? 
Page. Ephcsiam, my lord ; of the old church. 
Shale., 2 Hen. IV., II. 2. 
Ephraitic 
Ephesine (ef'e-sin), a. [< Gr. 'Kpeaof, Ephesus, 
+ -in* 1 .] Same as Ephesian. 
ephesite (ef'e-sit), n. [< L. Ephesus, Gr. '<*- 
oof, a city in Asia Minor (see Ephesian), * -<e2.] 
A mineral consisting chiefly of the hydrous sili- 
cate of aluminium, found near Ephesus. It is 
related to margarite. 
ephialtes (ef-i-al'tez), n. [NL., < Gr. ?ttrw, 
35olio em&).TiK, nightmare, lit. one who leaps 
upon, < evi, upon, + id/Ufiv, verbal adj. taMf, 
send, throw.] 1. The nightmare. 
The Author of the Vulgar Errors tells us, that hollow 
Stones are hung up in Stables to prevent the Night Mare, 
or Ephialtet. Bourne" i Pop. Antiq. (1777), p. 97. 
2. [cop.] In ornith., a genus of owls : same as 
Scops. Keyserling and Blasius, 1840. 3. [cop.] 
In entom., a genus of ichneumon-flies, of the 
subfamily Pimplince, containing insects of mod- 
erate or small size with a long ovipositor, usu- 
ally parasitic on lepidopterous larvae. There 
are about 12 North American and nearly 20 
European species. Schrank, 1802. 
epbidrosis (ef-i-dro'sis), . [NL., < Gr. tyiSpu- 
atf, superficial perspiration, < M, upon, + I6pu- 
<r(f, perspiration, < iopoetv, perspire, sweat.] In 
n i fil.. a sweating of any sort. Ephldrosls cru- 
enta, hematidrosis. 
ephippia. . Plural of ephippium. 
ephippial (e-fip'i-al), a. [< ephippium + -al.~\ 
Of or pertaining to an ephippium Ephippial 
ovum or egg, an egg inclosed in an ephippium, as that of 
the genus Daphnia. 
Bodiesof a different nature from these "agamic ova" . . . 
are developed within the ovary, the substance of which 
acquires an accumulation of strongly refracting granules 
at one spot, and forms . . . the so-called ephippial ovum. 
Huxley, Anat Invert., p. 250. 
ephippiid (e-fip'i-id), n. A fish of the family 
Evktpptida. 
Ephippiidae (ef-i-pi'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ephip- 
pius + -ida;.'] In idith., a small family of chn- 
todont fishes. They are characterized by the limita- 
tion of the branchial apertures to the sides, and their 
separation by a wide scaly isthmus extending from the 
pectoral region to the chin ; the spinous and soft parts 
of the dorsal tin are distinct ; the upper jaw is scarcely 
protractile ; and the post-temporal or uppermost bone of 
the shoulder -girdle is articulated by two processes with the 
skull. It includes a few marine fishes, among which tin- 
most notable are the species of Ch(rtodiiiterti.i, as C./aber, 
of the Atlantic coast of the United States, known In the 
markets of Washington anil Baltimore as the voray, but 
not to be confounded with the porgy of New \ork. See 
eut under Chcetodiptenu. 
EphippiinSB (e-fip-i-i'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Ephip- 
pius + -inas.~\ The Ephippiidce rated as a sub- 
family. 
ephippioid (e-fip'i-oid), a. and n. [< Ephippius 
+ -<>i<?.] I. . Pertaining to or having the 
characters of the Enhippiiaw. 
II. H. A fish of the family Ephippiida:. 
Ephippiorhynchus (e-np'i-o-riug'kus), n. [NL. 
(Bonaparte, 1854), < Gr. t^Vmov, a saddle-cloth 
(see ephippium), + piiyxos, bill.] A genus of 
African storks, of the family Ciconiiate; the 
saddle-billed storks, having a membrane sad- 
dled on the base of the bill, whence the name. 
K. Kneyalentii resembles the jabiru In its somewhat re- 
curved bill, which is red, black, and yellow; the legs are 
black, with reddish feet ; the plumage is white, with black 
head, neck, wings, and tall. 
ephippium (e-fip'i-um). n. ; pi. ephippia (-&). 
[NL.,< L. rphippiu>H,<Gr. tyix-xtm (with or with- 
out arpa/ia, a spread, covering, horse-cloth), a 
horse-cloth, saddle-cloth, neut. of efiirntuf, for 
putting on a horse, < brl, upon, + jjnroj = L. 
equus, a horse: see Equus, hippo-.'] 1. In anat., 
the sella turcica or pituitary fossa of the hu- 
man sphenoid bone, or other formation or ap- 
pearance likened to a saddle. 2. In branchio- 
pods, as Daphnia, an altered part of the cara- 
pace, of a saddle-shaped figure, representing a 
large area over which both inner and outer lay- 
ers of the integument have acquired a brown- 
ish color, more consistency, and a peculiar tex- 
ture. It is an alteration due to the develop- 
ment of that kind of egg known as ephippial. 
When the next moult takes place, these altered portions 
of the integument, constituting the ephippiu in, are cast off, 
together with the rest of the carapace, which soon disap- 
pears, and then the ephippium is left, as a sort of double- 
walled spring box (the spring t>ef ng formed by the original 
dorsal junction of the two halves of the carapace) in which 
the ephippial ova are enclosed. The ephippium sinks to 
the bottom and, sooner or later, its contents give rise to 
young Daphniaj. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 250. 
3. [cap."] In entom., a genus of brachycerous 
dipterous insects, of the family Slratiomyida: 
The larv of E. thoracicum are found in ants' 
nests. Latreille, 1802. 4. [cap.'] A genus of 
mollusks. Bolten, 1798. 
Ephippius (e-fip'i-us), n. [NL., < Gr. tyimnoc, 
belonging to a horse or to riding: see ephip- 
pium^] A genus of fishes, typical of the family 
Ephippiidce. The long dorsal spine suggests the 
whip of a coachman. Also written Ephippus. 
G. Carter. 
ephod (ef'od), n. [< LL. ephod (Vulgate), < 
Heb. ephod, a vestment, < aphad, put on, clothe.] 
1. A Jewish priestly vestment, specifically that 
worn by the high priest. It was woven "of gold, 
blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen," and was made 
in the form of a double apron, covering the upper part of 
the body in front and behind, the two parts of the apron 
being united at the shoulders by a seam or by shoulder- 
straps, and drawn together lower down by a girdle of the 
same material as that of the garment itself. On each 
shoulder was fixed an onyx stone set in gold and engraved 
with the names of six of the tribes of Israel, and just above 
the girdle was fixed the breastplate of judgment. (See Ex. 
xxvlii. 6-12.) In later times the ephod was not worn ex- 
clusively by the high priest, but when worn by others, as 
priests of lower rank, it was usually made of linen. 
And David danced before the Lord with all his might ; 
and David was girded with a linen ephod. 2 Sam. vi. 14. 
The shirt of hair turn'd coat of costly pall, 
The holy ephod made a cloak for gain. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, iv. 
2. An amice : a name formerly sometimes used 
in the Western Church, and also in use in the 
Coptic and Armenian churches. See vakass. 
ephor (ef 'or), n. [< L. ephorus, < Gr. l^opof, an 
overseer, title of a Dorian magistrate, < cipopav, 
oversee, < M, upon, + &pdv, see, look at.] One 
of a body of magistrates common to many an- 
cient Dorian constitutions, the most celebrated 
being that of the Spartans, among whom tho 
board of ephors consisted of five members, and 
was elected yearly by the people unrestrictedly 
from among themselves. Their authority ultimate- 
ly became superior to that of the kings, and virtually su- 
preme before the office was abolished, in 225 B. c., by Cleo- 
menes III., after killing the existing incumbenU. The 
ephors were afterward reestablished by the Romans. Also 
ephorus. Ephor eponymos. See rponymot. 
ephoral (ef'or-al), a. [< ephor + -a/.] Of or 
belonging to the office of ephor. 
ephoralty (ef'or-al-ti), n. [< ephoral + -ty.] 
The office or term of office of an ephor, or of 
the ephors; the body of ephors. 
Aristotle observes that the Ephoralty In Sparta was cor- 
rupt. Quarterly See., CLXIII. IS. 
ephorate(ef'or-at),n. [< ephor + -ateS.] Same 
as ephoralty. 
In Venice the Council served to keep the sovereign mul- 
titude in check, itself belonging to the Gcrusia; in Sparta 
the Ephorate rose out of the aristocratic demos, and kept 
in check the monarchy and the principal families. 
Von Ranke, Univ. Hist, (trans.), p. 134, not*. 
ephorns (ef'or-us), n. ; pi. ephori (-1). [L.: see 
ephor.'] Same as ephor. 
Ephraitic (e-frn-it'ik), o. [< Ephra(im) + -ite* 
r -c.] Of or pertaining to the Hebrew tribe 
of Ephraim, or to the kingdom of Israel, poeti- 
