ECH 
ECQ 
EDI 
gistrum. Id. Eccum quern qurerebam. 
'Terent. Eccum Parmenonem, there is 
Parmeno. Id. Eccum adest. Plaut. 
Tegillum eccillud mihi unum arescit. 
Id. Habeo, eceillam, meam clientam. 
Id Certe eccistam'video. Ter eat. Nes- 
cio qui senex modo venit: ellum : con- 
fidens, catus, behold him here. Plant. Pa¬ 
ter intus nunc est, eccum, Jupiter, there 
he is. Terent. Ellam intus, she is within. 
—IT Plin. Adeo in rebus damnatis quoque 
sunt aiiqua remedia, ut in carbone ecce, 
et cinere, as for instance, as you sec. 
ECCeNTROS {ckkcvtpos), i, adj. out of 
S the centre. Martian. Co.pell. 
eCCERE, or ECERE, adv. by Ceres: ac- 
3 cording to others, for ecce res or rem, 
sec there, only look, behold (which latter 
signification is certainly preferable in 
some passages). Plaut. 
SCCHEUMX (cKxevixa),^tis, n. h. e. etiu- 
3 sio. Plaut. 
ECCILLUM.ECCISTUM, &c. See Ecce. 
eCCLeSIX (tK/cX/jcria), ffi, f. an assembly, 
congregation, meeting of the people. Plin , 
jE 'p. Et bule, et ecclesia consentiente, 
h. e. et Senatu, et populo.-IT Also, 
any meeting. Auson. Celebri frequens ec¬ 
clesia vico. -IT In particular, among 
Christian writers, the church, or commu¬ 
nity of Christians. — Hence, a church , 
place of religious worship. Ammian. 
ECCLeSIaSTeRIUM ( UnXyaiaorfipiov ), 
ii, n. a place for holding assemblies. Vi- 
truv. 
eCCLeSiaSTeS (tKKUoiaoTyf), a;, m. 
an haranguer. Tertull. 
F-CCLeSIaSTICOS (exxXr/tnatrri/coj), a, 
3 um adj. ecclesiastical, pertaining to the 
church. Tertull.- -H Also, the name 
given to the book of the son of Sirach. 
ECCUM, ECCOS, &c. See Ecce. 
ECDrCCS {ckSikos), i, m. an officer in the 
1 Grecian cities, corresponding to the Homan 
tribunus plebis ; defender of the state ; a 
sort of syndic, proctor; whose especia 
duty it was to take care of the financial 
concerns of the state. Cic. 
ECERE. See Eccere. 3 
ECFATUS, for effatus. Enn. ap. Cic. 
eCFeRS, for effero. Plaut. in some Mbb. 
eCFODIS, for effodio. Plaut. 
kCHea, or eCHEIX, Wx«ta), orum, n. 
2 brazen vessels placed in theatres to increase 
the sound. Vitruv. 
ECHENeIS (sxsvrfii, from and vyvs, 
for vans), Idis, f. a small fish, which, by 
sticldna to the keel or rudder of a vessel, was 
supposed to stop its sailing, the sucking fish, 
(Echeneis remora, L.) Ovid, and Plin. 
fiCHIDNX (fodwi), f. a female viper. 
Ovid. -IT Also, a serpent, as the Ler- 
nean hydra. Ovid. -^r.-r>AT-»c 
ECHTDN-iEOS (echidna), or ECHiDNeuS 
3 (cxlSvcios), a, um, adj. Ovid, cams, 
h. e. Cerberus. . 
ECIITDNI5N, ii, n. herba vipenna. Apul. 
ECIliNXDES (’Exu/afos), um, f. five small 
islands in the Ionian sea, near Acarnania, 
now Cunolari, or Coizulari. Plin. and 
Ovid. 
ECHINaTOS (echinus), a, um, ad), cover¬ 
ed or set with prickles, prickly. Plin. 
ECIHNOMeTEX (ex< vbpqrpa), ie, f- “ 
kind of sea-urchin. Plin. 
ECHIN5PH5RX, ai, f. a kind of concha. 
Plin. 
.ECHTNOS(£%IVos)) l, m. the common sea- 
urchin. Plin. -IT Also, a land animal, 
otherwise called erinaceus ,ahedge-hog, 
urchin. Claudian. -IT Also, a member 
or ornament of the capital of a Doric pil¬ 
lar, so called from its resemblance to the 
vessel echinus, or the shell of the sea- 
urchin, with the open part upwards. 
Vitruv. -IT Also, a sort of vessel, 
used, according to some, to wash the 
cups in ; according to others, a salt-cel¬ 
lar. Ilorat. -IT Also, the rough, 
prickly rind of a chestnut. Calpurn. 
ECHI5N (exiov), ii, n. a medicament, of 
which a viper formed an ingredient. Phn. 
EC II To N, onis, m. the father of Penthcus 
and husband of Agave, who helped Cad¬ 
mus build Thebes. Ovid. — Hence, 
Echionides, ae, m. the son of Echion, h. e. 
Pcnthtus. Ovid. — Also, Echionlus, a, 
um, adj. of or pertaining to Echinn. Ov¬ 
id. lacertus. Val. Flacc. hydrus, h. e. 
from whose teeth Echi.on sprung. — Also, 
Theban Ovid, arces. Stat. plebs. Pal- 
lad. Bacchus, h. e. whose mother Seme- 
le was from Thebes, and who was especial¬ 
ly worshipped there. -IT Echion was 
also the name of a son of Mercury. Ovid. 
EC HI OS (tx« os), ii, f- a P^nt, vipers’ bu- 
gluss. Plin. 
ECHITe, es, f. a plant, a sort of clematis. 
EC HITES (cx'irris), s, m. or ECHITIS, 
Id is, f. viper-stone, a stone with viper-col¬ 
ored spots. Plin. 
ECHO (ijxdi), us, f. echo, the return orreper - 
2 cussion of a sound. Plin. -IT Echo is 
feigned by the poets to have been a 
nymph, who , when changed into a rock, 
retained her voice. Ovid. 
eCHOTCOS (rixoiKdf), a, um, adj. echoing, 
3 repeating. Sidon . - TT.Sern. Echoi- 
cum metrum, h. e. in which the last syl¬ 
lable is the same as the last but one. 
eCLIGMX (cxXoiypa), Stis, n. an electua- 
2 ry, eclcgma, lohock, linetus, lambative, 
medicine to be sucked or licked. Plin 
eCLiGMXTIUM (dimin. from ecligma), 
ii, n. a small ecligma. Tlieod. Prise. 
ECEJPSIS (cuXeiipK), is, f. properly a 
2 want, deficiency ; hence, an eclipse. Auct. 
ad Her enn. solis. Plin. (absol.) 
eCLIPTICOS (sKXeurriKos),' a, um, adj. 
2 pertaining to an eclipse. Plin. Quae vo- 
cant ecliptica (because eclipses usually 
took place there). Manil. Ecliptica sig- 
na, k. e. qme eclipsim patiuntur. 
ECLOGX (euXoyii), ai, f. properly choice, 
3 selection ; hence, a short poem selected 
from others, eclogue. Plin. Ep. — Suc- 
ton. calls one of Horace’s epistles eclo- 
g a _ - U In particular, an eclogue, 
idyl, pastoral poem, such as those of Vir¬ 
gil and Calpurnius. 
eGLOGaRIOS (ecloga), a, um, adject.; 
hence, Eclogarium, the title of a book of 
Ausonius , consisting of select poems. 
IT Cic. Att. 16, 2. Notentur eclogarii, 
h. e. the finest passages, in so far as they 
were selected for reading aloud Ac¬ 
cording tc others, Eclogarii were slaves 
who extracted or marked the most beautiful 
passages of books, or who pointed them, 
and affixed in their proper places the names 
of the speakers in the dialogue. 
eCNEPHIaS (cKvubias), a:, m. a tempestu- 
2 ous wind issuing from a cloud burst by the 
conflict ofi different winds ; a tornado, hur¬ 
ricane. Plin. 
E CONTRA. See Contra. 
eCPIIORX (£K<bopa), s, f. a jutting out in 
building. Vitruv. 
eCPIIRaSTeS (tKibpaoTrn), ae, m. one 
who interprets, translates from one lan¬ 
guage into another. Fulgent. Plane. 
eCQUaNDO (for et quando; or, en or 
ecce quando), adv. whether at any time1 
if ever, at what timcl when, evert num 
aliquando, Jj wots. Cic. Qumroapopu- 
lari Tribuno plebis, ecquando nisi per! 
triginta tribus creati sint. Liv. Ec¬ 
quando unam urbem habere licebit? 
will it never be permitted us 0 Cic. Ec¬ 
quando te rationem factorum tuorum 
redditurum putasti ? did you think at any 
timet Propert. Ecquandone tibi liber 
sum visus ? when did I ever appear free t 
eCQUI (ecquis), adv. same as Mum. Cic. 
Ecqui ergo intelligis ? — Others read 
r.cquid. 
ECQUIS, or eCQUI (et & quis or qui; or, 
ecce or en & quis or qui), eCQUAE or 
eCQUX, ECQUOD, and eCQUID, the 
same as Mum aliquis, whether any; if any, 
who or what. Cic. Ecqui pudor est, is there 
anyt Id. Quid agi? ? ecquid fit? are 
you about any thing t Terent. Ecquis 
me vivit fortunatior, where is the man, 
who t .is there any, who t who is the man, 
that t Plaut. Ecqua in istac pars inest 
pneda mihi ? Cic. Quod qumris, ecquse 
spes pacificationis sit. Id. Ecquid in 
tuam statuam contulerit, whether he has 
contributed any thing. -- IT Ecquid 
stands also fox num, numquid, an non. 
Cic. Quid agatis, et ecquid in Italiam 
venturi sitis hac hieme, fac plane sci- 
am, whether you are coming; whether you 
have any intention of coming. Id. Ec¬ 
quid attendis, do yout Ovid. Ecquid, 
ut audieris, tota turbabere mente ? Liv. 
Ecquid sentitis in quanto contemptu 
vivatis? do ye not perceive t Cic. Sed 
heus tu, ecquid vides, calendas venire, 
Antonium non venire ? 
274 
ECQUISNAM (ecquis & nam), ECQUiE 
NAM, eCQUoDNAM and eCQUiD. 
NAM, same as Ecquis, except that nam 
adds force to the question ; whether any 
man, woman or thing. Cic. Audire a te 
cupio, ecquid audieris, ecquisnam tibi 
dixerit, C. Caisarem dixisse, &c. whether 
any one then. Id. Illud dubium, ad id 
quod summum bonum dicitis, ecqu®! 
nam fieri possit accessio. Id. Cum qu®. 
ritur, ecquidnam honestum sit, ecquid 
ffiquum. Auct. ad Hercnn. Qu>erenduni 
erit, ecquonam modo obsisti potuerit. 
ECQUo (ecquis; or, from quo, as ecquis 
1 from quis), adv. whether any where 
whither, to what, not. Cic. 
ECSTXSIS (cKOTaois), is, f. the being he. 
3 side one’s self, ecstasy, rapture. TertuU 
-IT Written also extasis. 
eCTHLIPSIS (rxSXn^s), is, f. in gram¬ 
mar, a poetical figure, by which m at the 
end of a word, with the vowel preceding, 
is elided, if the next word begin with°a 
vowel. Charis. 
ICT5M6N {hcropov), (helleborum), the 
black species of hellebore. Plin. 
eCTRAPELOS (eKTpawcXoi), a, um, adj. 
out of the common course, extraordinunj, 
enormous. Plin. 7, 17. 
eCTRoMX (esrpotpa), Sitis, n. an abortion. 
3 — Figur. Tertull. 
SCTROPX {isrpoiry), ffi, f. a place to Urn 
3 off; an inn, house of entertainment. Van. 
ap. Mon. 
ECTyPOS ( SKTV-og ), a, um, adj. cut, out, 
2 carved out, figured; especially, cut or 
enerraved with relief or rising work, em¬ 
bossed. Plin. Gemmfe, qua; ad ectypas 
, scalpturas aptantur. Id. Ectypa fecit 
(where he speaks of images formed in 
wax, wood, Sec.). 
ECULEUS. See Equulcus. 
EDaCITaS (edax), atis, f. voracity,greedi- 
1 ness, gormandizing, gluttony, itoXv^ayia. 
Cic. 
EDaX (edo), acis, adj. voracious, glutton¬ 
ous, ravenous, given to eating much, ii(y- 
opayof. Cic. Edacem hospitem amisis- 
ti. Colum. Boves multi cibi edaces. 
Senec. Vastissimorum, edacissimorum- 
que animalium aviditatem vincere. — 
Figur. eating, gnawing, wasting, consum¬ 
ing. HoraL Curts edaces. Ovid. Tem- 
pus edax rerum.-IT It may some¬ 
times be rendered rapacious. Val. Flacc. 
Cervos petit Umbro Venator edaci. 
eDECIMaTOS, or eDECOMaTOS, a, um, 
particip. from edecimo. - IT Adj. 
choice , select, excellent. Macrob. 
EDECIM5, or eDECOMQ (e fc decimo or 
3 decumo), as, avi, atuin, a. 1. to choocs, 
select, as if out of ten. Symmach. — 
IT See, also. FAecimatus. _ 
eDeNTS (e & dens), as, avi, atum, a. I. 
3 to deprive of teeth, strike or knock out the 
I teeth. dnodnvTbM. Plaut. 
eDeNTOLOS (Id.), a, um, adj. toothless, 
3 dvbSovi. Plaut. Vetulte, edentuls, 
quae vitia corporis fuco oeculunt. 
Figur. Plaut. Vinum edentulum, old; 
or, softened by age. 
eDEPSL, and XEHEPOL, by Pollux, by *) 
faith; or, with the diphthong, by the tem¬ 
ple of Pollux. Terent. -IT Epol Wl 
edepol also occurs. rr 
EHERA, EGERACEUS, &c. See Ilcdm. 
eDIC 5 (e &. dico), is, xi, ctum, a. and n. 
to declare publicly, tell or speak pine It 
1 . ' _ .-7 re me. 
3. 
O. LU ucciurc yiiuui.wy, lv.. . - 
speak out, make known, reveal, reiau, 
xnpayy'tXXw, Siayoptvw. Terent. P i 
edico vobis, nostrum ilium esse hers 
lem filiuin Cic. Alius igitur finis v - 
amiciti* constituendus est, si P i 
quid maxime reprehendere Scipio 
tus sit, edixero. Id. Ne absens c - ‘ 
re, curabo edicendum et propon 
locis omnibus. Sallust. Jussus ■ 
sule, qua; sciret, edicere. Cic. . 
fere a Demosthene locus sine co 
tione sententim edicitur, ts utter ,P 
nounced, spoken. -J .^ enc h.- tibi, 
mand, order. Terent. Miles, edico tiW, 
ne vim facias ullam in y er y 
Capere arma maniplis edic . ., 
ofien, of magistrates, 5*iiy, ? /itber 
assign, proclaim, publish om •. wr |. 
bv word of mouth, or by a P» * 
ting or edict; especially of the pr^ 
* the administration of J' istice 
in 
in me duiiumonw. ~ 
Quis enm. pulsasnet, ed.« Hl 
i se judi- 
v* uia cum - - 
cium injuriarum non daturum. 
