ELE 
ELE 
ELE 
Coi W n. - - IT Plin. Elacatenes (ijXaxa- 
£L2EIMP8IUX (cXui egnopia), re, f. a 
q trafficking in oil-trade. Pandect, 
ll&miil ( eXai6pe\i ), n. indecl. honey- 
oil oil sweet like honey. Pirn 
£LiEoN (eXaion.), 5ms, aplace abounding 
3 in olives. Tertull. 
fiLdiOTHESJUM Q. \aioQemov), 11 , n. the 
2 anointing-room in a bathing-house 
( wrestling-school. ! itruv. 
EL.EUS.same as Elens. 
!LAMeNTaBILIS (e & lamentabilis;, 
1 e adj. full of lamentations and complaints. 
Cic But Ed. Ern. has lamentabilis. 
eLaNGUeSCS (e & languesco), is, gui. 
2 n. 3- to grow faint, feeble, or remiss, 
slacken, relax, languish, EKKapnin. Liu. 
Non esse elanguescendum. Id. Diffe 
rendo elanguit res. Curt. Proelium, 
quod elanguerat, accendit. Plin. Elan- 
guescit vis. Vellci. Viribus liostis elan- 
auescit. Tacit. EIanguimus,-P. C. nec 
jam die Senatus sumus, qui, &c. 
ELaNGUIDOS (e & languidus), a, uni, 
adj. faint, weak, exhausted. Fortun. 
ELARHOBoSCoN (tXa^o/Lovcoy, stag-fod¬ 
der), i, n. the herb called by botanists pas- 
tiuaca iatifolia sativa, -wild parsnip. 
Plin. 
eLAPIDaTOS (e & lapis), a, um, freed 
2 from stones. Plin. 
eLaPSOS, a, um, particip. from elabor. 
ELAQUE6 (e Jfc laqueus), as, avi, atum, 
3 a. 1. to extricate from snares, disentangle, 
loose, set free. Animian. 
eLaRGI( 5R (e & largior), Iris, Itus sum, 
3 dep. 4. to bestow liberally, bestow, present. 
Pers. 
eLaSSeSCS (e & lassesco), is, n. 3. to 
2 grow weary, become exhausted. Plin. 
ELATE ( iXarri ), es, f. a kind of palm-tree, 
or fir. Plin. 
ELATE (elatus), adv. sublimely, in a lofty 
style, loftily, proudly, haughtily. Cic. 
Ut Demosthenes certe possit submisse 
dicere, elate Lysias fortasse non possit. 
Cxs. Elatius inflatiusque multo, quam 
res erat gesta, fama percrebuerat. JVe- 
pos. Elatius se gerere c(Epit, more lofti¬ 
ly, haughtily. 
ELATEIOS, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
3 Elatus, ’E \areius, ’EXarfiios. Ovid. 
Proles Elateia, h. e. Cwnis, the daughter 
of Elatus ; afterwards changed into a 
man, by the name of Creneus. Id. Ela- 
teius Cffineus. 
ELATeRIUM ( iXarfipiov ), ii, n. the juice 
2 of the cucumis elateriuin, or squirting 
cucumber, as a inedicijie. Plin. 
ELATiNe (eXarivy), es, f. an herb of the 
species Antirrhinum, L. ( snap-dragon or 
cuff’s snout.) Plin. 
ELaTIO (etfero), onis, f. a lifting or taking 
up, raising, elevating. Vitruo. Cardi- 
nes versando fuciunt onerum elationes. 
— Figur. elevation, loftiness. Cic. Pari- 
um comparatio nec elationem habet 
nec submissioriem. Id. Elatio et mag- 
nitudo animi. Id. Animi elatio volup- 
tMia, transport. Quintil. vocis. Plin. 
viriiim, extolling, boastina-. -11 Also, 
Yn.de, haughtiness. Amob. -11 Also, 
burial. Pandect. 
ELATiTeS ' eXarirris ) lapis, a hind of 
_ mod-stone. Plin. 
nLATRS (e &. latro), as, n. 1. to bark 
atom 1 , baric out, cry out Herat. 
'bAlOfe, a, um, particip. from effero. 
——-11 Adj. high, raised, lofty. Colum. 
notto in elatiora, modo in depressiora 
ciiu. Tertull. Elatissim® lucernre. 
„7' " lata verba. — Also, elevated, exalt- 
m, noble. Cic. Splendidissimuin vide- 
lum est ^ an ™° nia S no elatoque fac- 
( e & lavo), as, lavi, lautum and 
.j Um ’ a • }• to wash out or aicay, wash 
pf 1 ' Plaut. Ambre elautre sumus. 
' , lo , ta genera frumenti, A. e. (per- 
■> a Ps) hulled, husked, shelled. -11 Ela- 
Elavare sc. se, said of ship- 
_ eked persons. Plant. In mari elavi. 
sl/in. ei ' C f’ bonis, / have made 
^ my property, have lost my 
2. J ' - 1[ Also ' £o «<«* or bathe 
£Lf A ’ Con f u '" ,e % bathing. Plaut. 
J ’ fl l; a cit y in Lower Italy, the birth- 
ami i ■ e i l " , . w ^° hence called Eleates, 
os disciples Eleatici philosophi. 
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eLECEBR a (elicio), re, f. she who lures, a 
3 lure, wheedler, sponger. Plaut. 
eLeCTaRIUM \iK\dxb>), medicamen- 
3 turn, an electuary. Plin. 
eLeCTe (electus), adverb, with a choice 
selection, choicely, nicely, selectly. Cic. 
Electe digeremus. Gell. Qui electius 
_ locuti sunt. 
eLeCTIBILIS (eligo), e, adj. select,choice. 
3 Apul. 
eLeCTILIS (Id.), e, adject, choice, dainty. 
3 Plaut. 
eLeCTIS (Id.), onis, f. a, choice selection, 
1 euXoyri. Cic. 
eLeCTQ (frequentat. from elicio), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to invite, allure, cajole, whee¬ 
dle. Plant. Ibo ad vorsum, atque electa- 
bo quidquid est, h. e. will get cut, of him, 
worm out. Id. Ne te opprivneret iinpru- 
dentem, atque electaret, get the secret 
from you. -U Also (frequentat. from 
ejigo), to choose, select. Plaut. 
eLeCTSR (eligo), oris, m. a chooser, se¬ 
ll lecter. Auct. ad Ilcrenn. 
eLeCTRA, ;e, f. ’’llXeurpa, daughter of 
Atlas, and one of the Pleiads. Ovid. 
-11 Also, a daughter of Agamemnon, 
sister of Orestes and lphigenia, and -wife 
of Pyladcs. Ovid. -11 lSlectre/or Elec- 
tra. Propert. -U Electrlus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to an Electra, mother 
of Dardanus. Val. Flacc. tellus, h. c. 
Samotlirace. 
eLeCTREOS (electrum), a, um, adj. made 
3 of electrum. Lamprid. 
eLeCTRIFER (electrum & fero), a, um, 
3 adject, producing amber, rich in amber. | 
Claudian. 
eLeCTRINOS (electrum), a, um, adject. 
3 made of electrum. Pandect. 
eLi.CTRIS (ijXeKTpis), Idis, f. Electrides, 
amber isles, said to have been in the 
Adriatic, but the existence of which is 
denied by Plin.; but they are more cor¬ 
rectly placed in the Baltic, oil the north 
of Prussia, of the same description as 
the island Glessaria. 
eLeCTRTX (eligo or elicio), icis, f. qua; 
digit, vel elicit. Plant, in Mil. 3.1. 194. 
Sed lectio variaest. 
eLkCTRUM (/jAektooi/), i, n. amber. Plin. 
2 and Ovid. -H Also, Ovid. Met. 2. 
262. Electra nuribus gestanda Latinis, 
li. e. balls of amber, such as the Roman 
ladies used to carry in their hands, on 
account of their coolness.-- If Also, 
an artificial metal resembling amber in 
color, consisting of gold mixed with 
one fifth part of silver. Plin. and Virg. 
_ JEn. 8, 402, 624. 
eLeCTOS (eligo), us, in. choice. 3 Ovid. 
eLeCTOS, a, um, particip. from eligo. 
-11 Chosen, picked out, sought out, 
choice, select, excellent.. Cic. Viri elec- 
tissimi civitatis. Id. Electissiinis verbis 
ornare. Auct. ad Ilerenn. Ut cum ad 
electius verbum accedas. 
ELEeMOSyNa (eXcquoavori), re, f. alms. 
Tertull. 
eLEGaNS (perhaps eligo), tis, adj. of per¬ 
sons, nice, discerning, having a correct 
taste, discriminating, apt,, accurate, subtle, 
acute, fine, refined, polished,. Terent. 
Elegans formarum spectator. Cic. Vi¬ 
de, ne ille istos, qui se elegantes dici 
volunt, vicerit. Id. Rlietores elegan- 
tissimi atque artificiosissimi. Id. Alini- 
me dignos elegantis conventus auribus. 
Nepos. ap. Sueton. Q.uis verbis elegan- 
tior ? who more nice and accurate in the 
choice of words 7 Cic. Elegans in dioen- 
do. JVepos. Elegan tissim us poeta. 
Plin. Nicophanes, elegans (sc. in pin- 
gendo), graceful, elegant, beautiful. Cic. 
Pueri ex tot elegantissimis familiis lecti, 
delicate, refined, polished. —■ Also, of 
those who keep a middle course be¬ 
tween parsimony and magnificence, 
genteel, neat, polite, elegant. Cic. Non 
se paveum solum, sed etiam elegantem 
videri solet. JVepos. Elegans, non mag- 
nificus, splendidus, non sumptuosus. 
- H Of things, well-chosen, tasteful, 
genteel, polite, polished , refined, subtile, 
liberal, not low, out of the common run, 
apt, beautiful, fine, pure. Cic. Quite pro- 
tulisti, popularia sunt; ego autem a te 
elegantiora desidero. Id. Artes inge- 
nure et elegantes, liberal arts (philoso¬ 
phy, &c.), opposed to illiberalibus opifi- 
cum. Id. Elegans jocandi genus. Sac- 
ton. genus loquendi, li. e. a correct, pure , 
tasteful manner of speaking, especially 
in respect of the choice of words. — 
Also, generally, beautiful, fine,good, apt, 
suitable. Plin. Elegantius solum, belter, 
finer. Anton, ap. Cic. Utrum sit ele¬ 
gantius, better, more becoming, proper, 
suitable. Quintil. Scripta elegantissima 
Terentii. - 11 Among the earliest 
writers, Elegans is used in a bad sense, 
Cato ap. Non. 
eLEGANTER (elegans), adv. with cor¬ 
rect choice, with taste, with judgment, 
wisely, prudently, purely, neatly "finely, 
politely, genteelly, aptly, excellently, 
gracefully, beautifully, elegantly. Cic. 
Causam accurate eleganterque dicere. 
Id. Quid a me fieri potuit elegantius 
nut justius, quam ut sumptus egentissi- 
marum civitatum minuerem? Liv. 
Elegantius facturos, si, &c. with great¬ 
er judgment, better. Id. Vita elegantei 
acta. Id. Eleganter loca capere, wisely, 
aptly, with judgment. Sallust. Saltare 
elegantius, quam necesse est probas. 
Cic. Omnia elegantissime expedire, 
h. e. accuratissime. 
eLEGaNTIA (Id.), re, f. taste, refinement, 
elegance, polish, good manners, case, 
grace, aptness, propriety. Cic. Qua 
munditia homines ! qua elegantia 1 how 
genteel l how elegant! Nepos. Elegan¬ 
tia vitre, qua ceteros ceperat principes, 
refinement, gentility. Tacit. Multa mo- 
rum elegantia, elegant, rqfined manners. 
Cic. Elegantia politior, more refined, pol¬ 
ished manner of life. Id. Cum summa 
elegantia vivere, honor, propriety, up¬ 
rightness. Plaut. Ne ejus elegantia 
meam speciem spernat, nicely, accurate 
discernment. Plin. Elegantia capilii, 
venustas oris, grace, beauty. Id. Mate- 
ries erispioris elegantire.-H Also, 
in speaking or writing, correctness, 
acuteness, exactness, propriety, purity, 
neatness, unafiectedncss, ease, grace. Cic. 
Elegantia disserendi. Id. Elegantia in 
dicendo. Id. Catulo sure lingure sub- 
tilitatem elegantiamque concedere.- 
IT Alsc, exquisiteness, high order, choice¬ 
ness, excellence, superiority. Cic. Ele¬ 
gantia doctrinre, h. e. polite learning, as 
philosophy and the other branches of 
knowledge, which require taste and 
discernment. So also, Plin. Elegantia 
nobilitantur Tarraconensia (vina), ex¬ 
quisiteness, c/wiceness. -11 Plur. Ele- 
gantiarum, elegantias. Gell. and Pa¬ 
tron. 
ELEGaTOS, i, m. a kind of fish. Auson. 
ELEGI A, or ELEGei A (eXeyela), re, f. a ten- 
2 der, passionate poem, devoted to love, joy, 
or grief; an elegy. Ovid, and Quintil. 
— Also, Elegei (el) a, in the plur. Au¬ 
son. -IT Elegia is also a kind of low 
reed. Plin. 
ELEGIACOS (eXeyiaKd;), a, um, adj. ele- 
3 giae. Diqmcd. 
ELEGIDaRIUM, ii, n. same as Elegidion. 
Petr on. 
ELEGIDI5N (eXeyeiSiov), ii, n. a short 
3 elegy. Pers. 
ELEGION (iXeyelov), Ii, n. same as Ele- 
3 gia. Auson. 
eLeG 5 (e & lego, as), as, avi, atum, a. 
2 1. to convey away by bequest, to bequeath 
away. Petron. 
ELEG&S (eXeyos), i, m. an elegiac verse; 
Elegi (plur.), elegiac verses, an elegy. 
Ilorat. and Ovid. 
eLeIS, Idis, f. ’HArj'i's, F.lean, of or pc~- 
3 tabling to Elis. Catal. Virg. humus. 
ELELEUS (eXeXeb; from tXeXtfw), [tri- 
3 syl.] ei & eos, m. a surname of Bacchus. 
Ovid. — Hence, Eleleldes, um, f. Bac¬ 
chanals. Ovid. 
ELELTSl’HACOS (eXeXioifiaKos), i, m. the 
herb sang, or, according to others, sage. 
Plin. 
ELEMeNTA (unc.), orum, n. elements, first 
principles, aroixela. Cic. Ergo ilia ini- 
tia, ut e Grreco vertam, elementa di- 
cuntur. Id. Elementa naturre. Se- 
uec. Cum elementa sint quatuor, ignis, 
&c. — Also, rudiments, elements. Cic. 
Elementa loquendi. Ilorat. Elementa 
prima discere. — Hence, the letters of 
the alphabet. Quintil. — Generally, be¬ 
ginning, rudiments. Ovid. Elementa 
prima (Rom®). Juvenal. Suntelemen 
ta quredam vitiorum. — Also, for Ele 
