jEQU 
^:qu 
jEQU 
times, of the color of-copper, bronze, or 
brass, Srcelon. -IT The poets divine 
the diphthong by diteresis, making the 
first vowel Short, the second long. 
Martial. 1. 11. epigr. 76. It is also writ¬ 
ten ahcneus. - IT Fignr. teneus or 
aeneus, lasting-, firm, indissoluble. >~ee 
Ahcnens . 
/ENIGMA (aXviypa), &tis, n. an enigma, 
riddle, obscure question. Cic. 
IT Hence, a dark saying, obscure passage. 
Juvenal, legum eenigmata. 
JENIGMATISTX, and /ENIGMXTISTeS 
3 (tenigma), at, in. an enigmatist, a traf¬ 
ficker in riddles, one who deals in obscure 
and ambiguous matters. Sidon. 
AENIPESl See Ahenipes. 
JENciBARBSS, or /ENEOB ARBUS, or 
AIIENOBARBUS (teneus & harba), i, 
m. a cognomen of the Domitian gens at 
Rome. When Castor and Pollux had met 
L. Domitius, the founder of the gens, on 
his return from the country, and had di¬ 
rected him to inform the senate and people 
of a victory, concerning which there had 
been no previous information, he placed no 
confidence in their report; upon which, to 
show their words were entitled to belief, 
they touched his beard, which immediately 
became of a brazen color. Sucton. 
AeNUS. See Ahenus. 
/Ei3LIA (/Eolus), S3, f. a country near Si¬ 
cily, consisting of seven islands, Lfpnra, 
Hiera, Strongyle, Didyme, Eriphusa 
or Ericusa, Phcenicusa, and Evonymos ; 
named after JEolus, son of Jupiter, who 
reigned here. These islands are called 
AEoliae, Liparete, and Vulcanite, now the 
Lipari islands. Plin. -IT These islands 
are fabled by the poets to be the residence 
of JEolus, god of the winds. Virg. 
JE6 LIPyL/E (AtoXof, JEolus, or the wind, 
and zruXri), arum, f. eolipyles, machines 
for calculating the force of the winds, 
AioXiirvXai. Vitruv. 
/E5LIS, idis & ldos, f. and /ESLrX, te 
f. (AiuX'is), a country of Asia on the 
JEgean sea, between Ionia and Mysia. 
It is sometimes used in a wider sense, and 
includes Mysia and Troas. Liv. and Plin, 
-IT Hence, /Eoles, urn, and /Eolii, 
orum, m. JEolians, inhabitants of this 
country. Cic. -IT Also, /EoITcus, a 
um, adj. JEolic, belonging to JEolia 
Plin. 
FOLIOS (JEolus), a, um, adject. Ai6Xio; 
pertaining to JEolus ; also, pertaining to 
the JEolian islands; also, to JEolis, or 
JEolia, in Asia. Ovid. /Eolii postes, h. e. 
fores domus Athamantis /Eoli filii 
Valer. /Folium aurum, h. e. the golden 
fleece of the ram, on which Phryxus and 
Helle, grandchildren of JEolus, were 
carried. Ovid. /Eolia virgo, h. e. Arne 
or Canace /Eoli filia. Ilorat. /Eolia 
puella, h. e. Sappho, called JEolia 
either from using the JEolic dialect, or 
from her country, Lesbos, which was 
near JEolis, said to have been built by 
the JEolians. Ilorat. /Eolium carmen 
h. e. Sapphicum, aut Alcaicum; for 
Alcaeus was from Lesbos.-IT /Eo 
lia Sibylla is also a Cumcean sibyl, be¬ 
cause Cumce was a colony from JEolis , 
Orat. in Cyneg. 
JE5L0S, i, m. AioXof, ason of Hellen, and 
f -randson of Deucalion, whose seven sons 
y Enarete were Cretheus, Sisyphus, 
Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, 
and Perieres ; his daughters, Canace, Hal- 
cyone, Pisidicc, Cahjce, and Perimede 
Macareus was also a son. -IT Hence 
/Eolides, ce, m. a son or descendant of 
JEolus. Virg. Hortator scelerum /Eo 
lides, h. e. Ulysses, said to have been the 
son of Sisyphus. -IT Also, JEolis 
idis & ldos, f. daughter of JEolus. 
Applied by Ovul to Halcyonc, also 
Canace. -IT JEolus is also a son of Ju 
piter, the king of the JEolian islands, and 
god of the winds. Virg. 
AJ5N (aUbv), onis, m. an JEon, an iru¬ 
'd, aginary deity, said to exist from eternity ; 
eternity, cverlastingness. Tertull. 
£1 QUaBILIS (tequo), e, equal, of the 
same quality, quantity, dimensions, Ifc., 
among its parts, equable, qui pariter 
in oranes, et tequaliter distribuitur, 
aequalis, par, ttroj. Cic. Par est, quod 
in omnes tequabile est. Id. Motus cer- 
5 .us, et tequabilis, uniform, equable, al¬ 
ways the same. Sallust. Pulveris vis 
aequabilis, h. c. quae semel exorta diu, 
et tequaliter durat. Scnec. Virium illis 
major est, et sequabilior firmitas.- 
IT Figur. Cic. JEquabile, et tempera- 
tum orationis genus, even, uniform, 
equal, always the same. Tacit. Cunctis 
vitte officiis tequabilis, uniform and 
consistent in the discharge of the duties 
of life. Id. /Equabilis in suos. Id. 
/Equabili auctoritate apud aliquem 
vigere. Sallust. Vir fama tequabili, et 
inviolata, equally sustained. Cic. Ni¬ 
hil ea jurisdictione tequabilius. 
/EQUABILITAS (tequabilis), atis, f. 
equability, evenness, consistency, Uniformi¬ 
ty, equality. Cic. /Equabilitas motus. 
-IT Figur. uniformity, mildness, mod¬ 
eration of conduct. Cic. 
/EQUABILTTiiR (Id.), adverb, equally 
evenly, impartially, uniformly. Ctc. 
/Equabiliter prtedam dispertire.- 
IT Figur. equally, fyc., also, calmly. Sal¬ 
lust. /Equabilius, atque constantius. 
/EQU/EVOS (tequus & Evum), a, um, 
2 coeval, of the same age, opfjX tj, tequalis, 
ejusdem tetatis, generally used by the 
poets. Virg. -IT Also, of inanimate 
things. Pun. Lotos tequajva Urbi. 
/EQUALIS (tequus), e, equal, like to, 
similar, resembling; of equal consistency 
or appearance with, icrus, oporos, par, 
similis, tequus. Cic. Partem pedis esse 
tequalem alteri parti. Id. Creticus, et 
ejus tequalis Pteou. Id. Virtutes sunt 
inter se tequales. Sucton. /Equa'.is 
membris, et congruus, well proportioned. 
Columel. Favonius lenis sequalisque tes- 
tivis mensibus perflat, equable, equal,uni- 
form, even, smooth, constant, consistent, al¬ 
ways the same. Lie. Imber tequalior ac- 
cidens auribus. Tertull. /Equalissima 
porticus.-IT Also, even, level, plain, 
flat, bpaXbs. Ovid, tequalis ab omni 
Parte. Tacit. Mons tequali dorso con- 
tinuus.-IT Equal in duration. Liv. 
Urbem mortali corpori tequalem esse, 
h. e. will not survive this body. - 
IT Also, coeval, coetancous, contempora¬ 
ry ; also, as a subst., a contemporary, 
one Hire or equal in years. Cic. P. 
Orbius meus fere aequalis. Id. Livius 
Ennio tequalis fuit. Id. Philistus 
tequalis illorum temporum. Cic. In 
memoriam notam, et tequalem incurro, 
the remembrance of occurrences in my own 
time. Id. Deiotari benevolentia in 
populum R. est ipsius tequalis tetati, -is 
coeval with his own existence. -IT Fig¬ 
ur. Cic. Oratio rebus ipsis par et 
aequalis, h. e. equal to. Vellei. Potius 
tequalem civem, quam eminentem 
agere principem, h. e. on a level with 
the rest. Herat. Nil tequale fuit homini 
TIJi, h. e. consistent. 
/EQUALITAS (tequalis), atis, f. evenness, 
levelness, bpaXbryi. Plin. -IT Also, 
equality. Cic. -IT Also, similarity or 
equality of age. Cic. 
/EQUALIT2R (Id.), adverb, equally, just 
the same. Cic. Frumentum civitatibus 
tequaliter distributum. Tacit. JEquali- 
us, atque constantius provincias re- 
gere, h. e. more uniformly and consist¬ 
ently. 
/EQUXNTMITaS (tequus & animus), 
atis, f. equanimity, evenness of mind, 
temper, or disposition, civvoi/ioaviiri, 
tequus animus. Terent. Bonitasque 
vestra adjutans, atque tequanimitas. 
favor, candor, indulgence. 
/EQUXNIMITER (Id.), adverb, calmly, 
coolly, dispassionately, with evenness of 
temper, with an unruffled mind or disposi¬ 
tion. Sulpic. Sever. 
/EQUANIMOS (Id.), a, um, calm, even, 
3 temperate, moderate, sober-minded, equani- 
mous; neither elated nor dejected, evyvib- 
uofv. Auson. 
/EQUATI5 (tequo), onis, f. an equalling, 
equalizing ; equality. Cic. 
zEQUATOS (Id.), a, um, made equal to, 
equal, io-co&siy. Cars. /Equato periculo. 
Plin. /Equata nox diei. Virg. aequatis 
classem procedere velis, h. e. filled with 
an equal or steady breeze. Hence, Id. 
/Equatte spirant aurte. - IT Also, 
made plain or smooth, levelled. Cic. 
jEquata agri planities 
JECXUe (tequus), adverb, equally, in an 
equal degree, just the same as, similarly, 
alike, pariter, similiter, Iras, bpotuy. 
It is used absolutely; or joined with 
adjectives or adverbs of the positive 
degree ; or it has the particles et, atque 
ac, ac si,,quam, ut, cum, following it, 
Cic. Benevolentia civium fortasse non 
teque omnes egent. JJepos. Adeo gravi 
morbo afficitur oculorum, ut postea 
nunquam dextero teque bene usus sit, 
Cic. /Eqtie libenter. Id. Procurator 
teque utriusque necessarius. Terent. 
Quid Davus narrat? Da. /Eque quic- 
quam nunc quidem, li. e. teque nunc 
narrat aliquid, ac antea narrabat, quod 
est nihil narrat. Cic. Nisi teque ami- 
cos, et nosmetipsos diligamus, as much 
as ourselves. Id. Hi coluiitur teque, 
atque illi, equally with, as much as. 
Cels. Id aique adustum atque excisum, 
impleri non potest, as much, as. Nepos. 
Ut juinenta seque nitida ex castello edu- 
ceret, ac si, &c. Liv. Nihil aique eos 
terruit, quam robur, ac color impera- 
toris. Cic. Cn. Pompeium teque, ut 
unumquemque vestrum, pro salute mea 
laborasse. Terent. Novi teque omnia 
tecum, as well as you. —With the comp, 
in Plant. Capt. 3. 5. 42. — And with 
the abl. like a comp. Id. Nuilusesthoc 
meticulosus teque, as much as this mart. 
So Plin. 1. 35. c. 3.-IT Sometimes it 
is repeated id the sense of toque ac. 
Ilorat. /Eque pauperibus prodest, locu- 
pletibus aique. Tacit. JEque discordi- 
am, teque concordiam exitiosani, their 
union or discord was equally destructive. 
-IT It also signifies justly, uprightly, 
in Seneca, Med. v. 198, if the reading 
be teque; and in Plant. Mil. act. 5. v. 
22.-IT Sometimes willingly. Frag¬ 
ment. Sallustii apud Servium. Sin vis 
obsistat, ferro, quam fame, mquius pe- 
rituros. 
/EQUI, orum, m. an ancient people of Italy. 
Liv. - IT Hence /Equicola, or ula, 
te, m. and /Equicolus, i, nt. one of the 
JEqui. Virg. -IT Also, /Equlcus, and 
/Equiculus, or /Equicolus, a, um, adj. 
of or pertaining to the JEqui. Liv. and 
Sil. 
/EQUI BONIQUE FACERE, to take in 
good part, acquiesce in. Apulei. - 
IT Also, to care not, to be contented. Liv. 
Ceterum si vos nec cura ejus civitatis, 
nec exemplum, nec periculum movet, 
ne serpat latius contagio ejus mali; 
nos cequi bonique facimus, merest con¬ 
tent ; we are not concerned about it. Cic. 
Tranquillissimus animus meus totum 
istuc aiqui boni facit, takes all that in 
goodpart. -IT /Equi bonique partem 
dicere, to propose any thing reasonable, to 
speak rationally or consistently with rea¬ 
son. Ter. 
/EQUrCRuRroS (tequus & crus), a, um, 
3 adject, having equal legs, equicrural, 
isosceles, tequalia habens crura, loom- 
Xijf, a word used by mathematicians. 
Martian. Capell. 
/EQUIDIALE (tequus & dies), is, n. m 
3 equinox, imipepia. Festus. 
/EQUIDIANOS (Id.), a, um, adject equi¬ 
noctial. Apulei. 
zEQUIDISTaNS (teque & distans), anus, 
3 equally distant, equi-distant, used 
mathematicians. Martian. Capell. 
/EQUrLATATrS (tequus & latus), onis, 
f. equal breadth, uniform largeness. V* 
truv. . , 
/EQUrLXT£RALIS(iequus& latus, -eris), 
3 e, adject, having equal sides, equilateral. 
CsiXSOT'L Tl- • 
zEQUILATEROS (Id.), a, um , equilateral, 
that hath its sides equal. Martian. Capell- 
zEQUILATOS (Id.), eris, n . an equality 
3 (or correspondency) of sides, icbnXevpov, 
tequilaterus Auson. . 
/EQUILIBRIS (tequus& libra), e, kept'" 
2 equipoise, evenly balanced Vitruv. 
zEQUILIBRITaS (tequilibris), aUs, 
1 the equal distribution of a thing, the e 
state of equilibrium. Cic. 
/EQUILIBRIUM (Id.), ii, n. emnlthnWJi 
equipoise, equality of weight, a levc 
or condition. Settee. 
/EQUIMANOS (tequus & inanus), a, 
adject, ambidexter, one who uses 
hands alike, apif>i6e\io;, nepioeiroj, 1 
sinistra manu aique utitur ac dexte 
/EQUIMeLTUM, or /EQUIM/ELTUM 
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