epitome 
As for the corruptions und moths of history, which are 
Epitomes, the use of them deserveth to be banished. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 127. 
Epitomes are helpful to the memory. Sir H. Walton. 
Hence 2. Anything which represents ano- 
ther or others in a condensed or comprehen- 
sive form. 
Thus God beholds all things, who contemplates as fully 
his works in their epitome as in their full volume. 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, L 50. 
A man so various that he seem'd to be 
Not one, but all mankind's epitome. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achit., i. 546. 
The Church of St. Mark's itself, harmonious as its struc- 
ture may at first sight appear, is an epitome of the changes 
of Venetian architecture from the tenth to the nineteenth 
century. Ruikin. 
A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It 
is the result or expression of nature in miniature. 
Emenon, Misc., p. 27. 
= Syn. Compendium, Compend, etc. See abridgment. 
epitomise, epitomiser. See epitomize, epito- 
mizer. 
epitomist (e-pit'o-mist), . [< epitome + -ist.'] 
An epitomizer. 
Another famous captain Britomarus, whom the epito- 
mist Floras and others mention. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
The notes of a scholiast or epitomist. 
C. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 7. 
epitomize (e-pit'o-mlz), v. ; pret. and pp. epito- 
mized, ppr. epitomising. [< epitome + -ize. Cf. 
equiv. LL. epitomare: see epitomator."] I. trans. 
1. To make an epitome of; shorten or abridge, 
as a writing or a discourse; reduce to an ab- 
stract or a summary the principal matters of; 
contract into a narrow compass. 
All the Good she (Nature] did impart 
To Womankind Epitomiz'd in you. 
Cowle.y, To a Lady who made Posies for Rings. 
Want of judgment . . . too often observable in com- 
pilers, whereby they frequently leave far better things 
than they take, . . . want of skill to understand the 
author they cite and epitomize. Boyle, Works, IV. 58. 
What the former age has epitomized into a formula or 
rule for nianipular convenience, it [the mind] will lose all 
the good of verifying for itself. Emerson, History. 
2f. To diminish, as by cutting off something; 
curtail; abbreviate. 
We have epitomized many . . . words to the detriment 
of our tongue. Add-on, Spectator. 
3. To describe briefly or in abstract. 
Epitomize the life ; pronounce, you can, 
Authentic epitaphs on some of these. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, v. 
= Syn. 1. To reduce, condense, summarize. 
il. intrans. To make an epitome or abstract. 
Often he [Alfred] epitomizes as if he were giving the 
truth of the paragraph that had just been read to him. 
C. //. Pearson, Early and Mid. Ages of Eng., ii. 
Also spelled epitomise. 
epitomizer (e-pit'o-ml-zer), n. One who 
abridges or summarizes; a writer of an epit- 
ome. Also spelled epitomiser. 
1 shall conclude with that of Baronius and Spondanus 
his epitomizer. Prynne, Histrio-Mastix, I., vii. 1. 
epitonion (ep-i-to'ni-on), n. ; pi. epitonia (-a). 
[Gr. irn-owoi>, < imreiveiv, stretch out, < eni, upon, 
+ TUVCIV, stretch.] In awe. Or. music, a tuning- 
wrench or -handle ; also, a pitch-pipe. 
Epitragus (e-pit'ra-gus), n. [NL. (Latreille, 
1804), < Gr. eTri, upon, + Tpayof, a goat.] A 
genus of beetles, of the family Tenebrionidce, 
confined to the new world. They are mostly South 
American, but 9 species are found in North America. E. 
toiiientoms, of Florida, feeds upon scale-insects. 
Epitrichat (e-pit'ri-ka), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. M, 
upon, + flpi'f (rpix-), li'air.] In Ehrenberg's sys- 
tem of classification (1836), a division of anen- 
terous infusorians, containing such ciliated 
forms as Cyclidina and Peridituea. Also Epi- 
trichia. 
epitrichium (ep-i-trik'i-um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
tiri, upon, + rpixiov, dim. of ffpll- (jpix-)j hair.] 
A superficial layer of epidermis detached from 
the surface in an early stage of development 
in some animals, so as to form a case inclos- 
ing the embryo. 
The same speaker presented a paper on a new mem- 
brane of the human skin, which he homologizes with the 
epitrichium of the Sauropsida. It is situated outside the 
horny layer, and is entirely distinct from it : an extension 
covers both hairs and glands. It probably causes the ver- 
nix caseosa by retaining the sebaceous secretion. 
Science, VI. 22fl. 
epitrite (ep'i-trit), n. [< LL. epitritos, < Gr. T/- 
Tpirof, containing one and one third, i. e., in the 
ratio of 4 to 3; the name of a metrical foot, 
compounded of a spondee (4 short) with an 
iambus or a trochee (3 short); < exi, upon, -f 
rpiVof = E. third.'] In pros., a foot consisting 
of three long syllables and one short one, and 
1978 
denominated first, second, third, or fourth epi- 
trite, according as the short syllable is the first, 
second, third, or fourth : as, salutantes, conci- 
tati, intercalans, ineantare. 
epitritic (ep-i-trit'ik), o. [< epitrite + -ie.'] 
Pertaining to or of the nature of an epitrite : 
as, an epitritic foot in prosody. 
epitrochlea (ep-i-trok'le-a), (.; pi. epitrochlew 
(-e). [NL., < Gr. fjri, upon, + NL. troclilea, q. 
v.] In anat., the inner condyle of the hume- 
rus, opposite the epicondyle and over or above 
the trochlea, or trochlear surface with which 
the ulna articulates. Latterly also called the 
internal epicondyle. See epicondyle. 
epitrochlear (ep-i-trok'le-ar), a. [< NL. epitro- 
chlearis, < epitrochlea, q.' v.] Of or pertaining 
to the epitrochlea Epitrochlear foramen. See 
foramen. 
epitrochlearis (ep-i-trok-le-a'ris), . ; pi. epi- 
troclileares (-rez). [NL. : see epitrochlea.'] A 
muscle, constant in some animals, occasional 
in man, extending from the border of the latis- 
simus dorsi to the ulna at or near the elbow. 
epitrochleo-anconeus (ep-i-trok"le-6-ang-ko- 
ne'us), n. [NL., < epitroclilea + ancon.] A 
small anconal muscle of the inner side of the 
elbow, arising from the epitrochlea or inner 
condyle of the humerus, and inserted into the 
olecraiion of the ulna. 
epitrochoid (ep-i-tro'koid), n. [< Gr. inl, upon, 
+ r/jo^dV, a wheel, + rfrfof, form.] In geom., 
the curve traced by a point in the plane of a 
circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed 
circle. The curve thus generated belongs to the family 
of roulettes, and becomes an epicycloid when the gener- 
ating point is in the circumference of the rolling circle. 
Hirst. 
It appears, then, that a planetary system with a direct 
epicycle belongs to both the epitrochoid and the external 
hypotrochoid. Penny Cyc., XXV. 284. 
epitrochoidal (ep'i-tro-koi'dal), a. [< epitro- 
choid + -ai.] Of or pertaining to an epitro- 
choid. 
epitrope (e-pit'ro-pe), . [LL., < Gr. iviTpomi, 
a reference, < eniTpeireiv, turn over, yield, per- 
mit, < fT(, upon, + Tpfnetv, turn.] In rhet., a 
figure by which one commits or concedes some- 
thing to others. Especially (a) Professed readi- 
ness to leave one's cause entirely to judge, jury, or audi- 
ence, in order to express entire confidence in its justice, 
or to excite compassion. (&) Permission to an opponent 
to call an act or a faet by any name he pleases, implying 
that his choice of words cannot alter its true character. 
(c) Concession of a point to an opponent, in order to fore- 
stall his use of it, or to show that he will gain nothing by 
urging it : as, I admit that all this may be true, but what 
is this to the purpose ? I concede the fact, but it over- 
throws your own argument. 
epitropOUS (e-pit'ro-pus), a. [< NL. "epitropus 
(cf. Gr. ejriTpoTroc, n., one to whom anything is 
trusted), < Gr. eiriTpeireiv, turn to, turn over to, 
intrust, < evi, upon, + Tpi-xeiv, turn.] In bot., 
turned toward: the reverse of apotropous: ap- 
plied by Agardh to an ovule with its raphe 
turned away from the placenta when erect or 
ascending, or toward it when pendulous. 
epitympanic (ep"i-tim-pan'ik), a. and . [< 
Gr. tTTi, upon, + ri'/itravov, a drum (see tympa- 
num), + -ic.~\ I. a. In ichth., situated above or 
upon, or forming the uppermost piece of, tin- 
tympanic pedicle which supports the mandible 
in fishes ; hyomandibular. 
II. n. In ichth., the uppermost or proximal 
bone of the tympanomandibular or third cranial 
hemal arch in fishes, by means of which the 
lower jaw is suspended from the skull : so named 
by Owen, but now usually called the liyomandib- 
vlar (which see). The term is correlated with 
hi/potympanic, mesotympanic, and pretytnpanic. 
e pluribus unum 
An example of accumulated (fourfold) epi- 
zeuxis is : 
Alone, alone, all, all alone, 
Alone on a wide, wide sea. 
Coleridge, Ancient Mariner, iv. 
See palillogy. Also called diplasiasmus. 
Epizoa (ep-i-zo'a), n.pl. [NL., pi. of epizoon.'] 
1. External parasites or ectoparasites which 
live upon the sur- 
face or in the skin 
of the host: the 
opposite of linto- 
ZOa, The term is a 
collective name, hav- 
ing no systematic or 
classitteatory signifi- 
cance in zoology. 
Among Epizoa are 
lice, fleas, ticks, etc., 
as well as some para- 
sites which burrow in 
the skin.as itch-insects 
and follicle-mites. 
2. Specifically, an 
order of very sin- 
gular low aber- 
rant Crustacea de- 
graded by parasit- 
ism, including the 
many grotesque 
forms commonly 
known as fish-lice. 
The Epizoa are some- 
times rated as a sub- 
class of Crustacea, di- 
vided into the orders 
Siphonoxtomata and 
Iiernozoidea. They are 
also called Ichthitoph- 
thira. Chondracan- 
thus gibboKus, a louse 
of the an"ler (Lophius 
piscatori,!*), is an ex- 
ample. See Chondra- 
cant,, ]a and;,.,/,*, 
3. ft. C. I Plural ot d 
fnt"nnn 
epl~UOH. 
, 
(ep-i-ZO'- male lodged 
medi<)d '" si > 
sal processes ; f, f, medioventral pro- 
cesses ; /. i, h, lateral processes ; e , vl- 
sacs; i, terminal segment; /, minute 
lva of female ; m.n 
n r onixnim an tubes; /, lateral 
O. |_S CpteOOn ovarian tubes; a, a, oviduct; 2, 3. an- 
T -al.~] Same as tennul s : 4. 5, 6 - autennai. gnauiites. 
epizoie. 
epizoan (ep-i-zo'an), a. and n. [< epizoon + 
-an.'] I. a. Same as epizoic. 
II. n. One of the Epizoa, in any sense ; an 
ectoparasite. 
epizoic (ep-i-zo'ik), a. [As epizoon + -ic.] 1. In 
nat. hist., living on the surface or in the skin of 
animals, as lice, ticks, and many other insects, 
various parasitic fungi, etc. Also epizootic. 
2. Specifically, of or pertaining to the crusta- 
ceous parasites known as Epizoa. Huxley. 
Also epizoal, epizoan. 
epizonal (ep-i-zo'nal), a. [< Gr. M, upon, + 
E. zone + -n?.] Cut by a zone. 
epizoon (ep-i-zo'on), n. ; pi. epizoa (-ii). [NL., 
< Gr. em, upon, + f<p'' an animal.] One of the 
Epizoa ; an epizoan. 
epizootic (ep"i-zo-ot'ik), a. and n. [< Gr. em, 
upon, + COOK, an animal, + term, -ur-i/coi;.] I. 
a. 1. In nat. hist., same as epizoic, 1. 2f. In 
geol., containing fossil remains : said of moun- 
tains, rocks, formations, and the like. 
Epizootic mountains are of secondary formation. 
Kiru'an. 
3. Prevailing among the lower animals: ap- 
plied to diseases, and corresponding to cpitlcui- 
ic as applied to diseases prevalent among men. 
In 1871, rabies showed itself in a truly epizootic and 
alarming manner, on account of which the "Dogs Act, 
1871," was passed and almost immediately enforced. 
Contemporary Hev., LI. 108. 
The piers, or points of suspension of the arch, are formed 
by the epitympanics. Oicen, Anat., I. 121. 
II. . 1. The temporary prevalence of a dis- 
ease among brutes at a certain place : used in 
exactly the same way as epidemic in reference 
epiural (ep-i-u'ral), a. and n. Same as epural. to human beings. 2. Adisease thus prevalent. 
Huxley. epizodty (ep-i-z6'o-ti), n. [As cpizoot-ic + -.'/] 
Same as epizootic. 
epixylous (e-pik'si-lus), a. [< Gr. fir/, upon, + 
jvtov, wood, + -oils.] In lot., growing upon 
wood, as many fungi and other plants. 
epizeuxis (ep-i-zuk'sis), . [LL., < Gr. siri&v- 
f<f, a fastening together, repetition of a word, 
< ejrt&vyvivat, fasten together, join to, < eiri, to, 
+ &vyv'wai = \j.j>innere, join : seejoi'n, zeugma.] 
1. In anc. pros., union of two successive Ionics 
a minore so that the last syllable of the first 
and the first syllable of the second interchange 
quantities : thus, ^ w ^ | -* for -^ -^ 
| w ^ . The syllables representing an Ionic 
a majore ( s^ w) thus surfer anaclasis, taking the form 
2. In rhet., immediate or almost immediate 
repetition of a word, involving added emphasis. 
Mr. Fleming ascribes the wide and serious extension 
of the epizooti/ in a great measure to the insufficiency of 
the police measures adopted in the different towns and 
districts. Contemporary Her., LI. 109. 
eplicate (e-pll'kat), a. [< L. e- priv. 4- plim- 
tiis, folded: see plicate.] In bot., not plaited. 
e pluribus unuin (e plo'ri-bus u'num). [L. : 
e, out of, of; pluribus, abl. pi. of plus, more, pi. 
jilures, more, several, many; mmm, neut. of 
units = E. one : see e-, (j--. r.c, plural, unity. 
This phrase does not seem to occur in classical 
Latin ; it appears as a motto on the title-page 
of the " Gentleman's Magazine" in 1731.] One 
from many; one (composed) of many: the 
motto of the United States of America, as be- 
