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Ovid, (of a river) Terreno epotus hiatu. 
Id. Epotuin vomat fretum. — Also, 
drunk away, wauled or run out by drink¬ 
ing-. Plant. 
F.PoTOS, a, um, particip. from epoto. 
tPOLrE (perhaps from edo), arum, I. food, 
eatables , viands, fjpcbpa, Sals, especially 
when splendid dishes are spoken of. 
Cic. Mens® conquisitissimis epulis ex- 
struebantur. Virg. Epulis eximere fa- 
mem. Horat. Stragula vestis, blatta- 
ruin epulffi,/oorf, repast. -IT Oftener, 
a feast, entertainment, banquet, cvcox‘ a - 
Cic. Carmina cantitata in epulis. Id. 
Bpulas inire. Ovid, adire. Horat. 
Epulis interesse. Sallust. Eos inter 
epulas obtruncant, while at the feast, 
while eating _IT Figur. Cic. Avidum 
hominem ad has discendi epulas recepi. 
Plant. Oculis epulas dare, to give a treat, 
to feast. 
ErOEAfUS (epulai), e, adj. relating to food 
or eating, relating to a feast or banquet. 
Cic. Epularis accubitio amioorum, h. e. 
the reclining at table for the purpose of 
eating. Id. Epulare sacrificium ludo- 
rum, h. e. accompanied with a feast. Sue- 
ton. Epularis dies. 
EPOLaTI 5 (epiilor), onis, f. an eating, 
2 feasting, banqueting. Cic. fragm. and 
Sueton. 
EPCLQ (epuUe), onis, m. one who prepares 
or provides a feast. Triumviri ( after¬ 
wards Septemviri) epulones, were three, 
and afterwards seven persons, who used to 
prepare for Jupiter and the other superior 
gods a sacrifice and solemn repast, and af¬ 
terwards to enjoy this repast themselves ; 
masters of the feast. Cic. and Liv. - 
IT Also, a guest at a feast, an eater. Apul. 
— Epulonus is also read by some in an¬ 
other passage of Apul. 
EPOLOR (epulum), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to eat, feast, banquet, eoOiio, evwxeopai. 
Plin. Epiglossis arteriam in epulando 
operit. Cic. Epulatos cum matre ado 
lescentes sorano se dedisse, after they, 
had supped. Ncpus. Epulabatur more 
Persarum iuxuriosius, quam, &c. Sue¬ 
ton. Jus publice epulandi, h. e. of being 
present at the sacred feasts. (This public 
feast of the senators was called Dialis, 
and took place on occasions of extraor 
dinary solemnity.) Ovid. Non epulan- 
da fuerunt, to be eaten. 
EPCLUM (perhaps edo), i, n. a solemn 
feast, public feast. Cic. and Liv. 
IT Also, am/ entertainment., treat, regale. 
Sueton. Ephebis exercentibus epulum 
prabuit. Juvenal. Epulum centum da¬ 
re Pythagorais. 
EQUA (equus), ®, f. a mare. Horat. —- 
IT Equis in the dat. and ahl. plural is 
more common than equabus. 
EQUARIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. pertaining 
3 to a horse, imriKiis- Valer. Max. medi- 
cus, a farrier. -IT Equarius, ii, m. a 
groom. Solin. -IT Equaria, ®, f. a 
stad or herd of horses. Varr. 
EQUES (Id.), itis, m. and f. a person on 
horseback, a horseman, iirireys. Liv. 
-II Very often, a horse-soldier, troop¬ 
er, dragoon. Cic., Cies. and Liv. — 
Eques in the sing, is often put for equi- 
t.at.us or equites, cavalry (as pedes for pe¬ 
rlites, and miles for milit.es). Liv. Opti- 
mus eques in Grtecia. —- II Also, a 
knight. Cic. — Also, the order of knights, 
the” Equites collectively, h. e. the second 
estate at Rome, between the patricians and 
plebeians, the Equites, who, besides other 
privileges, had especial seats assigned to 
them at the theatre. Sueton. Hence, Id. 
Spectare in Equite, h. e. among the Equi¬ 
tes or knights, and of course upon their 
seats. It is to be remarked, that eques 
stands collectively for ordo equitum, es¬ 
pecially when placed in opposition to 
populus, sen at us, or plcbs ; and that com¬ 
monly, when an individual knight is 
named, quidam, Romanus , or the like is 
joined with it. The insignia of the 
Equites were a horse given to them at 
the public expense, a gold ring, and the 
angustus clavus. —- Eques stands also 
more generally for the nobler class of 
the people, of refined taste. Horat.. Satis 
est equitem mihi plaudere, ut audax, 
contemtis aliis, explosa Arbuscula 
dixit.- IT In Virg. Georg. 3, 110. 
Eques appears to be used for equus; 
yet perhaps the rider should be consid¬ 
ered as taken with the horse ; though 
Gell. quotes from Enn. Q.uadrupes 
eques. 
EQUESTER (Id.), stris, stre, adj. on horse¬ 
back, done on horseback, pertaining or be¬ 
longing to horsemen, equestrian. Cic. 
Equestres copi®, cavalry, horse. Cies. 
proelium, on horseback or of horsemen. 
Cic. statua, on horseback, equestrian. 
Liv. tumultus, h. e. equitum. So, Id. 
auxilium. Liv. Neptunus equester (so 
called because he is said to have pro¬ 
duced a horse from the earth). Also, 
Id. 40, 40. Fortuna equestris. - 
IT Also, belonging to a horse or horses, 
equine. Senec. pes. - IT Also, per¬ 
taining to the Equites or order of knights, 
equestrian. Cic. Equester ordo, the or¬ 
der of Equites. Id. Ortus equestri lo¬ 
co, h. e. rank, standing, dignity of a 
knight. Id. census, h. e. the amount of 
property requisite for knighthood. JVepos. 
dignitas, same as ordo or locus. Sueton. 
militia, military service of a knight, h. e. 
the post of officer in the cavalry. Senec. 
Equestria, sc. loca, h. e. the seats of the 
Equites at the public shows. -II Eques¬ 
ter, as a subst. for eques, a knight, one 
of the equestrian order, occurs first in 
Tacit. 
EQUIDEM (qnidein with e prefixed ; or, 
according to others, for ego quidem), 
conjunct, almost always joined with 
verbs of the first person, indeed, truly, 
in truth, verily, for my part, as far as I 
amconcerned, pevroi,Kai Sqrapev. Cic. 
Equidem non video. Id. Equidem mi¬ 
hi omnia prepono, in truth, for my part. 
Id. Equidem audiebamus: existimare 
facilius possunt, qui adfuerunt. Id. 
Quod dicis, &c. non equidem recuso; 
sed, &c. Id. Sed ®tatem vides. Vi¬ 
deo, equidem, inquam, yes, I do; Ido 
so. Virg. Dicam equidem, licet arrna 
minantur, I will speak at any rate. Id, 
Credo equidem, genus esse deonrm, j 
verily believe. Terent. Quidagis? joca- 
bar equidem, I was only in jest. Virg, 
Certe equidem audieram. — Equidem 
ego. Plant, and Sallust. ; and Equidem 
nos. Pcrs. -II Equidem is very rare 
ly joined with verbs of the second or 
third person, except in the old writers or 
their imitators. Varr. Equidem viden- 
tur. Sallust. Scitis equidem. Pers. 
Non equidem hoc dubites. 
EQUIFEROS (equus & ferus), i, m 
2 wild horse. Plin. 
EQUILE (equus), is, n. sc. stabulum, a 
2 stable or stall for horses. Varr. 
EQUIMENTUM (equio), i, n. fee for cov 
3 erina-. Varr. ap. Non. 
EQUIMuLGA, s,or EQUIMuLGOS (equa 
3 & muigeo), i, m. amare-milher. Sidon. 
EQUINOS (equus), a,_um, adj. of or per¬ 
taining to a horse, imriKdf. Cic. Seta 
equina, a horse-hair. Varr. emptio. 
Id. lac, mare’s milk. Ovid, nervus, 
h. e. a bowstring of horse-hair. 
EQUIS (Id.), is, n. 4. of mares, to desire 
2 the horse. Plin. 
EQUIRIA (Id.), um or orum, n. games in 
3 honor of Mars, in which were horse or 
chariot races. Ovid. 
EQUISETUM (equus & seta), i, n. the herb 
horse-tail, same as liippuris or caudxqui- 
na. Plin. 
EQUIS5 (equus), onis, m. a horse-groom, 
3 groom of a stable, ostler, jockey, lmroK6- 
‘poy. Varr. -IT Also, an ass-driver. 
Valer. Max. - IT Varr. Equisones 
nautici, h. e. who draw a vessel along a 
river by a rope. 
EQUITaBILIS (equito), e, adj. fit for 
3 riling over, easy for horses. Curt. 
EQUITaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a riding on 
2 horseback. Plin. 
EQUITaTOS (Id.), us, m. riding, urrr ev- 
ais. Plin. -IT Also, the cavalry, horse, 
the body of troopers or dragoons, Iktukov 
arparevpa . Cic., Cws. &c. — Also, in 
the plur. bodies of cavalry, detachments 
of cavalry. Cces. and Auct. B. Hasp. 
_U Also, the horses belonging to the 
cavalry. Cms. Frumento atque hordeo 
equitatum tolerare. - IT Also, the 
equestrian order. Cic. Quum equitatus 
ille Senatum deseruerit. 
EQUITI aRIOS (equitium), ii, m. he that 
looks to the breed of horses. Jill. Firmic. 
292 
EQUITIUM (equus), ii, n. a herd or stui 
of horses, breed of horses. Pandect. 
EQUIT5 (eques), as, avi, atum, n. 1 . t , 
ride on horseback, hnrevco. Cic. Cuin 
is in illo nostro exercitu equitaret cum 
suis delectis equitibus. Pandect, in 
equo. Cic. in equuleis. — Hence, He¬ 
rat. Equitare in arundine longa. Ju¬ 
venal. In vices equitant.-IT Also 
of the horse, to walk. Lucil. ap. Gell. 
-II Also, more generally as hrvevoi, 
to rage through, go about ravaging, tra¬ 
verse and spoil, storm through. Horat. 
Neu sinas Medos equitare multos, nor 
suffer the riders of the Medes to ravage 
with impunity. Id. Dirus Afer per Italas 
urbes equitavit, ceu flamma per tmdas, 
vel Eurus per undas, h. c. the dread Afri¬ 
can strode through the Italian cities, as the 
fire streams along the torch, or the east wind 
storms through the waves. - IT Claudi- 
an. Equitatus, a, um, ridden over. 
EQUOLa (dimin. from equa), f. a little 
mare, filly. Plant, fragm. 
EQU0LE0S (dimin. from equus), i, m. a 
young horse, foal, colt. Cic. -If Also, 
a wooden machine, nearly in the form of a 
horse, on which slaves were placed and tor¬ 
tured ; the rack. Cic. In equuleum con- 
jici, irnponi, or ire, to be brought to the 
rack, to be put to the torture. -IT Also 
written Eculeus. 
EQUiJLOS (dimin. from equus), i, m. a 
young horse, foal. Cic. 
EQUUMTUTICUM,EQUUSTUTICUS, 
or EQUOTUTICUS, a town of the Hir- 
pini in Italy, near Beneventum. Cic. — 
This is the town referred to by Horat. 
Sat. 1. 5, 87. 
EQUOS (ji-Kiros), i, m. a horse, steed, char¬ 
ger. Cic. Sedere in equo. Liv. Ex 
equo pugnare, on horseback. Ovid. Ire 
in equis, or Liv. Ire equis, or Cic. Vehi 
in equo, to ride. Id. Equo advectus ad 
ripam. Id. Ascendere in equum, to 
mount. Auct. B. Hisp. Equum con- 
scendere. Cic. Ex equo descendere, 
to dismount, alight. Id. Insilire in 
equum. Cces. Ex equis desilire. Cic. 
Equo merere, to serve in the cavalry. Cces. 
Ad equum rescribere, to enrol or rank 
among the cavalry, to make a trooper of 
him. Virg. Equi bipedes, h. e. sea¬ 
horses. Plin. Equus fluviatilis, ft. e. 
hippopotamus. Propert. Curtus equus, 
docked, without a tail, such as were an¬ 
nually (according to others, once in a 
lustrum) sacrificed to Mars. Cic. Equis 
insignibus et curru aurato reportari, 
h. e. triumphalibus.-IT Equi stands 
also for equites, hence, Cic. Equis viris, 
or Equis virisque, with might and main, 
hand and foot, tooth and nail; properly, 
with horse and foot. -IT Also, figura¬ 
tively, Plant. Equo ligneo per vias ceru- 
leas veche, h. e. in a ship. Also, Cic. 
Intus, intus est equus Trojanus, the 
Trojan horse is within our walls, h. e. 
conspiracy, plot, hidden destruction, ill 
reference to the famous wooden horse, 
by means of which the Greeks succeed¬ 
ed in taking Troy.-TT Equus is al¬ 
so a constellation, Colum.; which still 
bears the name of Pegasus. -IT Also, 
an engine of war, called afterwards 
ames, used for demolishing walls. Pun- 
EQUUS TUTICUS. See Equumtutmm. 
ERA for Hera. Terent. Ed. Bentl. 
ERaDiCaTIS (eradico), onis, f. apulling 
3 up by the roots; hence, extirpation, de¬ 
struction, overthrow. Tertull. ro St An- 
tichristi eradicationem agitabitur resur- 
rectio. , . 
eRaDICITOS (e & radicitus), advert), 
3 from the very root, pi^bScv. Plant. 
radicitus quidem, verum etiam eraui- 
citus. - • a 
ERaDICS (e & radix), as, avi, atum, a. 
3 1. to pull up by the roots, root out or Jh 
eradicate, extirpate, Varr. 
IT Hence, figur. Terent. Du te era 
cent, root you up, destroy you J 
— Also, Plant, hominum aures, 
out, plagued, pestered by my stones. 
£RaD5 (e & rado), is, asi, asum, ii. > 
2 scratch out, scrape out, scrape off 
Rastris eradere 
Colum. medullam omnem. 
Eras® gen®, h. e.shaved, v 
_. ir Fieur. to blot out, eras , 
efface, expunge. Horat. Eradenda e 
away, dico^vio. Varr. 
terrain. 
Propert, 
smooth. 
