ecaudis ēcaudis, e, adj.e-cauda, without a tail, only trop.: versus = μείουροι or σκάζοντες, Diom. p. 499 P.
ecbasis ecbăsis, is, f., = ἔκβασις, pure Lat. digressio, a digression, Serv. Verg. G. 1, 209
Ecbatana Ecbătăna, ōrum, n., = τὰ Ἐκβάτανα (Ecbătăna, ae. f., Lucil. ap. Non. 533, 30; Ecbătănae, ārum, f., App. de Mundo, p. 69, 18), the principal city of Media, now Hamadan, Curt. 4, 5, 8; 5, 8, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42; Tac. A. 15, 31 al.
ecbolas ecbŏlas, ădis, f., = ἐκβολάς, a sort of Egyptian grape (so called from its promoting abortion), Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 118.
ecca ecca, eccam, v. ecce, II. D.
ecce ecce, adv. demonstr. [perh. from locat. form of pronom. stem i, with demonstr. ending -ce; hence, in comedy often scanned ĕce, Corss. Aussp. 2, 636, 1026 sq. Ribbeck explains ecce as indef. form ec, as in ecquis, ecquando, etc., strengthened by demonstr. ce, Lat. Part. p. 42 sq.; and Curt. refers it to root oc- of oculus; cf. eccere, Gr. Etym. p. 457], points out an object with emphasis, lo! see! behold! (constr. class. with nom. or clause, and ante-class. also with acc.). In gen.: quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est,
behold! there comes he I was wishing for
,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 16: ecce autem video rure redeuntem senem,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 45: ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,Verg. E. 9, 47: ecce trahebatur passis Priameïa virgo Crinibus,id. A. 2, 403; cf. id. ib. 6, 337; Ov. M. 2, 441 al.; sometimes in the middle of a clause: audiat haec tantum vel qui venit ecce Palaemon,Verg. E. 3, 50; Ov. M. 2, 93: apparet adhuc vetus cicatrix,id. ib. 12, 444; Calp. Ec. 1, 4 al. In partic. To denote that something is present (cf. Fr. voici), here (in this sense mostly ellipt.): circus noster ecce adest, Plaut Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 153 Müll.; so with adest,Ov. M. 2, 496; 3, 101: quid me quaeris? ... ecce me,
eccentros eccentros, i, adj., = ἔκκεντρος, out of the centre, eccentric: terra,Mart. Cap. 8, § 849 al.
eccere eccĕre or ĕcĕre, interj.ecce and abl. of res, see there in fact! lo in truth! Corss. Aussp. 2, 858, 1028; cf. Ribbeck, Partik., p. 43 sq.; not from Ceres, but cf. Ussing ad Plaut. Am. 550, an exclamation of surprise, like Engl. there! (emphatic, only in the foll. passages): Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 4; id. Casin. 2, 6, 34; id. Men. 2, 3, 50; id. Trin. 2, 2, 105; id. Pers. 2, 4, 29; Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 5 (but in Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 52: ecce autem, Fleck. Lorenz).
eccillam eccillam, eccillum, eccistam, v. ecce, II. D.
ecclesia ecclēsĭa (ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = ἐκκλησία, an assembly of the (Greek) people. Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. Transf. In eccl. Lat. A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.; very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc.,Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.The Church, the whole body of believers: Christus dilexit ecclesiam,Vulg. Eph. 5, 25: Dei,id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so, in coelo,Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.A Christian place of assembly, a church: ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet,Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin.An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.
Ecclesiastes Ecclēsĭastes, ae, m., = ἐκκλησιαστής, the Preacher.Lit.: filius David,i. e.
Solomon
,Vulg. Eccl. 1, 1.Transf.: Ecclesiastes, a book of the Old Testament, Tert. Monog. 3; Isid. Orig. 6, 2, 19.
ecclesiasticus ecclēsĭastĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἐκκλησιαστικός, of or belonging to the Church, ecclesiastical.Adj.: pax,Tert. Pudic. 22. Subst.: ecclesiasticus, i, m.A church officer, Cod. Th. 1, 3, 22.The name of the Book of Sirach, Isid. Orig. 6, 2, 31.
ecclesiecdicus ecclēsĭecdĭcus, i, m., = ἐκκλησιεκδικός, a church proctor, Cod. Th. 1, 5, 34, 5.
ecclesiola ecclēsĭŏla, ae, f.dim.ecclesia, a small church, Alcim. Ep. 39, 71 al.
eccum eccum, eccos, v. ecce, II. D.
ecdicus ecdĭcus, i, m., = ἐκδικός, i. q. cognitor or defensor civitatis, a syndic, solicitor of a community (esp. in Asia Minor), Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 1 and 3; Plin. Ep. 10, 111, 1.
ecere ĕcĕre, v. eccere.
Ecetra Ecĕtra, ae, f., = Ἐχέτρα, a city of the Volsci, Liv. 4, 61, 4; 6, 31. Its inhabitants are Ecĕtrāni, ōrum, m., = Ἐχέτρανοι, Liv. 2, 25; 3, 4, 2 sq.
ecfatus ecfātus, ecfĕro, etc., v. eff-.
echea ēchēa, ōrum, n., = ἠχεῖα, vessels to increase the sound of the actors' voices in a theatre, sounding-vessels, Vitr. 5, 5, 2 (1, 1, 9 written as Greek).
Echecrates Echecrătes, ae, m., = Ἐχεκράτης, a Pythagorean philosopher, a contemporary of Plato, Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87.
echidna ĕchidna, ae, f., = ἔχιδνα, an adder, viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their hair; hence: stipite te Stygio tumidisque adflavit Echidnis E tribus una soror,Ov. M. 10, 313.Nom. prop. Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 9, 69; 158; id. F. 5, 405.A monster, half woman and half serpent, the mother of Cerberus, Ov. M. 4, 501. Hence, Echidnēus, a, um, adj., of Echidna: canis,i. e.
echinometrae ĕchīnŏmētrae, ārum, m., = ἐχινομῆτραι, a sort of sea-urchin, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100.
echinophora ĕchīnŏphŏra, ae, f., = ἐχινοφόρα, a sort of concha, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 147 (Sillig, actinophoroe).
echinopus ĕchīnŏpūs, ŏdis, m., = ἐχινόπους, a kind of thorn, otherwise unknown, Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18.
echinus ĕchīnus, i, m., = ἐχῖνος, a hedgehog, urchin. Prop., usually the (edible) sea-urchin, Echinus esculentus, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Afran. ap. Non. 216, 11; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100 sq.; Hor. Epod. 5, 28; id. S. 2, 4, 33; 2, 8, 52; id. Ep. 1, 15, 23; Petr. 69, 7. The land-urchin (otherwise called erinaceus), Claud. Idyll. 2, 17; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 57.Transf., of things having a similar shape. A copper vessel for the table, perh. to wash out the cups in, a rinsing-bowl, Hor. S. 1, 6, 117, v. Heindorf, ad h. l.; id. ib. 2, 8, 52.The prickly husk of a chestnut, Calp. Ecl. 2, 83; Pall. Insit. 155. In archit., an ornament under the chapiter of a Doric or Ionic column, an echinus, Vitr. 4, 3, 4; 4, 7, 3; cf. Müller, Archaeol. § 277.
echion ĕchĭon, i, n., = ἔχιον, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.
Echion Ĕchīon, ŏnis, m.One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178. Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526. Derivv. Echīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Echion, i. e. Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 513 and 701.Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban: hydrus,i. e.
echoicus ēchōĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἠχωϊκός, echoing: elegi,Sid. Ep. 8, 11: metrum, in which one or more final syllables echo or rhyme to a preceding part of the verse, Serv. Centim. p. 1826 P. (cf. Burm. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 558).
ecligma eclīgma, ătis, n., = ἔκλειγμα, a medicine to be taken by letting it melt in the mouth, an electuary, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 154; 24, 7, 23, § 38; 26, 8, 35, § 110. Hence, ecligmătĭum, ii, dim. n., Theod. Prisc. 2, 17.
eclipsis eclīpsis, is, f., = ἔκλειψις (a forsaking, being absent): solis,
eclipticus ecliptĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἐκλειπτικός, belonging to an eclipse: signa,Manil. 4, 816; 846 (cf. Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 68): linea,
the ecliptic
,Serv. Verg. A. 10, 216.
ecloga eclŏga, ae, f., = ἐκλογή, a selection, consisting of the finest passages, from a written composition. In gen.: eclogas ex Annali descriptas, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 97 P. In partic., a short poem of any kind, like the poems in the Sylvae of Statius; cf. Stat. S. 3 praef.; 4 praef.; the Idyls of Ausonius; cf. Aus. Idyll. 10 praef.; the Odes of Horace,id. ib. 11 praef., and in many MSS. of Horace; and in the grammarians the Bucolica of Vergil are also called Eclogae, Eclogues; cf. Heyne de Carm. Bucol. in Verg. Opp. ed. Wagn. I. p. 18.
eclogarius eclŏgārĭus, a, um, adj.ecloga, of or belonging to a selection; only as subst.eclŏgārĭum, i, n., a collection of selected poems, the title of a book of Ausonius, Weber, Corp. Poet. Lat. pp. 1254 sqq.eclŏgārii, ōrum, m., sc. libri, = eclogae, select passages from a work, Cic. Att. 16, 2 fin. Orell. N. cr.
ecnephias ecnĕphĭas, ae, m., = ἐκνεφίας, a hurricane supposed to be produced by blasts from two opposite clouds, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131 (in Sen. Q. N. 5, 12, written as Greek).
econtra ēcontra = contra, q. v. I. E. 4.
ecphora ecphŏra, ae, f., = ἐκφορά, a projection in buildings (pure Lat. projectura), Vitr. 3, 3, 16; 6, 2, 2.
ecquando ecquando, adv. interrog. [ec, cf. ecce, and quando], ever, at any time; in a passionate (esp. indignant) interrogation (rare but class.): ecquando te rationem factorum tuorum redditurum putasti? ecquando his de rebus tales viros audituros existimasti?Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17; 2, 5, 26; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15; Liv. 3, 67; Sen. de Ira, 3, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 395. With nisi (= num unquam ... nisi), Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 63; id. Agr. 2, 7, 17. With interrog particle ne suffixed (pleonastic): ecquandone tibi liber sum visus?Prop. 2, 8, 15; Vell. 2, 14, 2 Ruhnk.; App. Mag. p. 290. With nisi, Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 63 Madv. N. cr.
ecragino ecrāgīno, āre, 1, v. n., = ἐκραγῆναι, to break forth, Petr. 61, 9.
ecstasis ecstăsis, is, f., = ἔκστασις, a being beside one's self, ecstasy, trance, rapture (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Anim. 45 al.
ectasis ectăsis, is (acc. -in), f., = ἔκτασις, the lengthening of a vowel short by nature: si brevis est per naturam, sed hoc loco ectasin fecit, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 343.
ecthlipsis ecthlipsis, is, f., = ἔκθλιψις, gram. t. t., ecthlipsis, the elision of a final m with its vowel before an initial vowel, Diom. 2, p. 436; Charis. 4, p. 249.