elabor
ē-lābor, elapsus (elabsus), 3, v. dep. n. and a. Neutr., to slip or glide away, to fall out, get off, escape (class.). Lit.: anguilla est, elabitur, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 57; so of a snake, Liv. 1, 56; 26, 19; Verg. G. 1, 244; Ov. M. 9, 63: cum se convolvens sol elaberetur et abiret, Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46: (animal) ex utero elapsum, id. N. D. 2, 51, 128; cf. id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.: elapsae manibus tabellae, Ov. M. 9, 571; cf.: gladius ei e manu, Just. 33, 2, 3: jumentum e manibus curantium elapsum, Liv. 44, 40: animi corporibus elapsi, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 45 fin.: quicquid incidit, fastigio musculi elabitur, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1: Manlii cuspis super galeam hostis elapsa est, slipped along, Liv. 8, 7: foras elapsa corpora, Lucr. 5, 489. In an upward direction of fire: frondes elapsus in altas, having crept, glided, upwards, Verg. G. 2, 305. In partic. Of persons, to slip off, get clear, escape: ex proelio elapsi, Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.: e soceri manibus ac ferro, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3: de caede Pyrrhi, Verg. A. 2, 526: telis Achivum, id. ib. 2, 318; cf. custodiae, Tac. A. 5, 10: inter tumultum, Liv. 28, 33: mediis Achivis, Verg. A. 1, 242 et saep. Of limbs or joints, to be dislocated: articuli, Cels. 8, 11, 13: id quod in latus elapsum est, digitis restitui, id. 8, 19: illi elapsos in pravum artus, etc., Tac. H. 4, 81. Trop. In gen., to slip away, escape: causa e manibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 50; cf.: rei publicae statum illum elapsum scito esse de manibus, id. Att. 1, 16, 6; and with this cf. id. Mur. 39, 85: animus devinctus paulatim elapsus est Bacchidi, i. e. became estranged, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94: libros adolescenti elapsos esse, had slipped from him, i. e. had been published prematurely, Quint. 3, 1, 20: in servitutem elapsi, who had insensibly fallen into, Liv. 3, 37. In partic. To get off, get clear, escape from condemnation, punishment: ex tot tantisque criminibus elapsus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58; 2, 1, 39 fin.; id. de Sen. 12 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 2; 3, 6, 83; Suet. Tib. 33 al. Less freq. of things: ne quod maleficium impunitate elaberetur, Suet. Aug. 32. Pregn., to pass away, disappear, escape: imperfecta tibi elapsa est vita, Lucr. 3, 958; so, ea spes, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 101: assensio omnis illa, Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: aliquid memoriă, id. Phil. 13, 5, 11; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 33; Luc. 9, 80. Act. like effugere, to escape from any evil or danger (post-Aug. and very rare): pugnam aut vincula, Tac. A. 1, 61: custodias, id. H. 3, 59; Flor. 1, 10, 7 Duker. N. cr.: vim ignium (statua), Tac. A. 4, 64.
elaboratio
ēlăbōrātĭo, ōnis, f. elaboro, persevering labor, careful diligence, Auct. Her. 4, 22, 32.
elaboratus
ēlăbōrātus, ūs, m. id., persevering labor, only in abl., App. Flor. p. 346.
elaboro
ē-lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. Neutr., to labor, endeavor, exert one's self, take pains either successfully or perseveringly = eniti (class.; most freq. in Cic.).
Constr. with ut, in aliqua re, in aliquid, with acc. and inf. as object, or absol. With ut: enitere, elabora, vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 (twice); and pass. impers.: aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant, Cic. Or. 12, 38. In aliqua re (so in Cic. most freq.): elaborant (senes) in iis, quae, etc., Cic. de Sen. 7, 24 Gernh.; 8, 26; 11, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 3; 1, 5, 18; id. Or. 16 fin.; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 25 fin.; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Fam. 2, 6 fin. al.; Quint. 5, 10, 119; and pass. impers., Tac. Or. 29.
Also in eo (iis), ut, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 45. In aliquid (very seldom): ei non in unam partem aliquam, sed in omnia elaborandum est, Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.: totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus, id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. With acc. and inf. as object: (declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt, Quint. 3, 8, 58.
(ε) Absol. (very rare), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. Afer. in Quint. 6, 3, 68: arte, Vulg. Sap. 14, 19. Act., to labor on, take pains with, to work out, elaborate (so for the most part only in the pass., and esp. freq. since the Aug. period): quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: in ingenio quoque, sicut in agro, quamquam diu serantur atque elaborentur, Tac. Or. 6 fin.: a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis atque copia, Cic. Brut. 7, 26: causae diligenter elaboratae et tamquam elucubratae, carefully elaborated, id. ib. 90 fin.; cf. in the part. perf., id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.: elaboratum a parentibus imperium, acquired by the labors of, Just. 1, 2, 11.
In the act.: candelabrorum superficiem, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, Hor. C. 3, 1, 19. In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus, a, um, P. a., sometimes with the accessory notion of overdoing, elaborate: elaborata concinnitas, Cic. Or. 25, 84: nihil arcessiti et elaborati, Quint. 12, 10, 40.
elacatenes
ēlăcătēnes, um, m., = ἠλακατῆνες, a large sea-fish, a tunny, so called from its resemblance in shape to a spindle, ἠλακάτη, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149 (dub.; Jan. and Sillig ictinus, iulis).
Also called ēlăcătae, Col. 8, 17, 12. Here belongs elacatena genus salsamenti, quod appellatur vulgo melandrea, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 15 Müll.
Elaea
Ĕlaea, ae, f., = Ἐλαία, a city of Aeolis, Mel. 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Liv. 36, 43 al.
elaeemporia
ĕlaeempŏrĭa, ae, f., = ἐλαιεμπορία, traffic in oil, the oil-trade, Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 19.
elaeogarum
ĕlaeŏgărum, i, n., a fish-sauce with oil, Apic. 7, 3.
elaeomeli
ĕlaeŏmĕli, n. indecl., = ἐλαιόμελι, a sort of manna which exudes from the branches of the olive-tree, Plin. 15, 7, 7, § 32; 23, 4, 50, § 96.
elaeon
ĕlaeōn, ōnis, m., = ἐλαιών, a plantation of olives, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 39 fin.
elaeothesium
ĕlaeŏthĕsĭum, ii, n., = ἐλαιοθέσιον, the anointing-room in a bath, Vitr. 5, 11, 2.
Elaeus
Ĕlaeūs, ūntis, f., = Ἐλαιοῦς, a city on the Hellespont in the Thracian Chersonesus, Liv. 31, 16, 5 Drak. N. cr.; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49.
Elēüs, Mel. 2, 2, 7.
Elagabalus
Elagabalus, v. Heliogabalus.
elambo
ē-lambo, ĕre, 3, v. a., to lick away, remove by licking: mox ut elambente matris lingua detersa sint (animalia), Mar. Vict. Art. Metr. 4, 2, 5.
elamentabilis
ē-lāmentābĭlis, e, adj., very lamentable: gemitus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57 Mos. N. cr.
elanguesco
ē-languesco, gui, 3, v. inch. n., to grow faint, feeble, to slacken, relax (not ante-Aug.): ut elanguescendum aliena ignavia esset, Liv. 1, 46, 7; so in the praes., id. 35, 45; Vell. 2, 111 fin.; Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91; Sil. 4, 140 al.
In the perf.: elanguimus, patres conscripti, nec jam ille senatus sumus qui, etc., Tac. H. 4, 42 fin.; Suet. Galb. 1: differendo deinde elanguit res, Liv. 5, 26, 3; cf.: neque tamen elanguit cura hominum eā morā, id. 23, 23, 8; so Gell. 16, 3, 2; Val. Fl. 4, 572.
elanguidus
ēlanguĭdus, a, um, adj. ex + languidus, utterly weary, Fortun. Vit. Martin. 1, 296.
elaphoboscon
ĕlăphŏboscon, i, n., = ἐλαφοβόσκον (deer-food), wild parsnips, Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79.
elapidatus
ē-lăpĭdātus, a, um, Part. [lapido], cleared from stones: solum, Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 30; 17, 10, 14, § 69; 18, 16, 43, § 145.
elapsus
ēlapsus, a, um, Part., from elabor.
elaqueo
ē-lăquĕo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to extricate from snares or fetters; to disentangle, unfetter (post-class.). Lit.: aliquem, Amm. 30, 1, 11. Trop.: aliquem a vinculo angoris, Sid. Ep. 8, 9: constantiam animi, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 147.
elargior
ē-largĭor, īri, v. dep. a., to give out, distribute, bestow: patriae carisque propinquis quantum elargiri deceat, Pers. 3, 71; Jul. Firm. Math. 3, 10.
elassesco
ē-lassesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become exhausted, faint, weary.
Trop.: nimia germinatio, Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 98.
elate
ēlāte, adv., loftily, proudly; v. 1. effero, P. a. fin.
elate
ĕlăte, ēs, f., = ἐλάτη, a sort of firtree, Lat. abies, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134; 23, 5, 53, § 99. The envelope or leaf of the palm-bud, Vulg. Cant. 5, 11.
Elatea
Ĕlătēa or -īa, ae, f., = Ἐλάτεια. A city of Phocis, Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; Liv. 28, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 9 al. A city of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 54.
Elateius
Ĕlătēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Elatus, a prince of the Lapithae: Caeneus, i. e. his son, Ov. M. 12, 497: proles, the same, id. ib. 12, 189; v. Caeneus.
elaterium
ĕlătērĭum, ii, n., = ἐλατήριον, a medicine prepared from the juice of the wild cucumber, Cels. 5, 12; 6, 5; Scribon. Comp. 70, 224; Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 5 al.
elatine
ĕlătīne, ēs, f., = ἐλατίνη, a plant of the genus Antirrhinum, Plin. 27, 9, 50, § 74.
elatio
ēlātĭo, ōnis, f. 1. effero, a carrying out. Lit. (post-class.): FERRI, Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. 43 and 402. In partic. A carrying to the grave, a burial: mortui, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 3. A lifting or raising up: onerum, Vitr. 8, 10: maris, i. e. high waves, Vulg. Psa. 92, 6. Trop. (class.). A being carried away or hurried along; transport, passion: laetitia quasi gestientis animi elatio voluptaria, Cic. Fin. 3, 10 fin. (cf.: efferri laetitiā, under effero, II. B.). Exaltation, elevation: elatio et magnitudo animi, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.: elatio atque altitudo orationis, id. Brut. 17, 66: parium autem comparatio nec elationem habet nec submissionem, id. Top. 18, 71. Self-exaltation, pride, elation (cf.: superbia, insolentia, arrogantia, vanitas, fastus, fastidium), Ambros. Psa. 4, 8; Serm. 17, 36 fin.; Arn. 2, 63; Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 21.
elatites
ĕlătītes, ae, m., = ἐλατίτης, a kind of blood-stone, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 147 (dub. Jan. miltiten).
elatro
ē-lātro, āre, v. a., to bark out, cry aloud: aliquid acriter, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 18.
elatus
ēlātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from effero, exalted, elevated, lofty, high.
elaudare
ēlaudāre plus quam nominare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 4 Müll.
elautus
ēlautus, a, um, Part., from elavo.
Elaver
Ĕlăver, ĕris, n., a river in Gaul emptying into the Liger, now Allier, Caes. B. G. 7, 34; 35; 53 fin.
elavo
ē-lăvo, lāvi, lautum, lōtum, 1, v. a., to wash out or away, to wash clean (very rare; not in the Cic. per.). Lit.: elota cerussa, Cels. 6, 6, no. 3: elota oliva, Col. 12, 52, 21. Transf.: elautae ambae sumus opera Neptunia, washed in the sea, wrecked, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 37; so, in mari elavare, to wash or bathe in the sea, i. e. to be shipwrecked, ruined, id. ib. 2, 7, 21; 5, 2, 20.
Hence, trop.: nos mare acerrumum: nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis, have lost, been stripped of property, id. As. 1, 2, 9 (but Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7, the true reading is elutum, Ritschl, Brix).
Elea
Ĕlĕa, ae, f., = Ἐλέα, a city of Lucania, the birth-place of Parmenides and Zeno, the founders of the Eleatic philosophy, in Lat. also called Velia, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82.
Hence, Zeno Elĕātes, of Elea, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52; and: Elĕātĭci philosophi, Eleatic, id. Ac. 2, 42, 129.
elecebra
ēlĕcĕbra (also exlec-), ae, f. elicio, a female allurer, wheedler, sponger (a Plautin. word), Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 26; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 20; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 5 Müll.
electarium
ēlectārĭum (also ēlectuārium), ii, n. ecligma, a medicament that melts in the mouth, an electuary, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13; 169, 176 al.; cf. Isid. Orig. 4, 9, 10.
electe
ēlecte, adv., choicely, v. eligo, P. a.
electilis
ēlectĭlĭs, e, adj. eligo, choice, dainty (with probus): piscatus, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 41: partes, App. M. 10, p. 245, 35.
electio
ēlectĭo, ōnis, f. id., a choice, selection, * Cic. Or. 20, 68; Quint. 1, 12, 4; Prooem. § 2; 3, 4, 8; Vell. 2, 72 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 22; id. Or. 23 al.: vitiatarum electiones, i. e. the option given to a violated maiden, whether her ravisher shall be put to death or shall marry her, Tac. Or. 35.
Esp. of the election of believers to the divine favor (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Rom. 9, 11; id. 1 Thess. 1, 4.
electo
ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. elicio, to get out artfully, worm out a secret (a Plautin. word), Plaut. As. 2, 2, 29; id. Merc. 1, 2, 111; cf.: electabo, eliciam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 6.
electo
ēlecto, āre, v. freq. a. eligo, to choose, select: legionem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 27.
elector
ēlector, ōris, m. id., a chooser, selecter, Auct. Her. 4, 4, 7.
elector
ēlector, ŏris, m., = ἠλέκτωρ, the shining sun, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 1.
Electra
Ēlectra, ae (nom. with long a, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Ov. F. 4, 177; Cic. Arat. 36; acc.: Electrān, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; id. F. 4, 32; 174), f., = Ἠλέκτρα. Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the seven Pleiades, and mother of Dardanus by Jupiter, Ov. F. 4, 31 sq.; 174; Verg. A. 8, 135; Serv. ib. 7, 207; 10, 272; Hyg. Fab. 155 and 192.
Hence, Ēlectrĭus, a, um, adj.: tellus, i. e. Samothrace, Val. Fl. 2, 431. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Hor. S. 2, 3, 140; Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 8, 218; Hyg. Fab. 117; 122; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 471.
Also the name of a tragedy, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; Suet. Caes. 84. A Danaïd, Hyg. Fab. 170. An Oceanid, wife of Thaumas, and mother of the Harpies, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 212; 241.
electreus
ēlectrĕus, a, um, adj. electrum, made of amber: nummi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.
electrifer
ēlectrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. electrumfero, producing amber, abounding in amber: alni, Claud. Fescenn. 12, 14.
electrinus
ēlectrīnus, a, um, adj. electrum, of amber, made of amber (post-class.): patera, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 13: vasa, Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 5: anuli, Marc. Empir. 8.
Electrius
Ēlectrĭus, a, um, v. Electra, I.
electrix
ēlectrix, īcis, f. elector, she that selects or chooses, Vulg. Sap. 8, 4.
electrum
ēlectrum, i, n., = ἤλεκτρον. Amber (pure Lat. succinum), Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 31; Ov. M. 15, 316.
Plur., Verg. E. 8, 54. Meton., an amber ball, carried by Roman ladies in their hands to keep them cool.
Plur., Ov. M. 2, 365; cf. Böttig. Sabina, II. p. 210. A mixed metal (natural or artificial) resembling amber in color, Plin. 33, 4, 23, § 81 al.; Isid. Orig. 16, 24, 2; Verg. A. 8, 402; 624; Sil. 1, 229. Meton., an article made of amber, Mart. 8, 51; Juv. 14, 307.
electrus
ēlectrus, a, um, adj. electrum, of amber: nummi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 9.
Electrus
Ēlectrus, i, m., son of Perseus and father of Alcmena, Plaut. Am. prol. 99; called also Electryon, Hyg. Fab. 244.
electuarium
ēlectŭārĭum, v. electarium.
electus
ēlectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., choice, excellent; v. eligo.
electus
ēlectus, ūs, m. eligo, a choice: necis, Ov. H. 2, 144 Loers. N. cr.
eleemosyna
ĕlĕēmŏsyna, ae, f., = ἐλεημοσύνη, alms (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Patient. 7; Aug. Civ. D. 21, 27; Vulg. Matt. 6, 2 al.
elegans
ēlĕgans (in some MSS. eligans; cf. Beier Cic. Orr. Fragmm. p. 105), antis, adj. prob. collat. form of eligens, from eligo, Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72. In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude; sed id fere verbum ad aetatem M. Catonis vitii, non laudis fuit ... ex quibus verbis (Catonis) apparet, elegantem dictum antiquitus non ab ingenii elegantia, sed qui nimis lecto amoenoque cultu victuque esset, etc., Gell. 11, 2, 1; cf. Non. 465, 11 sq.: heia, ut elegans est! how choice! how nice! Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 19 Ruhnk.; cf. id. Eun. 3, 1, 18; 3, 5, 18 (but not in Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14, v. Ritschl ad h. l.). Class. in a good sense, choice, nice, fine, neat, tasteful, elegant. Of persons: tu festivus, tu elegans, tu solus urbanus, quem decet muliebris ornatus, etc., Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 105, ed. Beier; cf. (with mundus) id. Fin. 2, 8, 23; (with splendidus) Nep. Att. 13, 5; and opp. parcus, Cic. Brut. 40, 148; id. Or. 25, 83: auctor, Vell. 1, 13: mulier (Phryne
with formosa), Val. Max. 4, 3, 3 ext.: intelligo te hominem in omni judicio elegantissimum, Cic. Fam. 7, 23 et saep.: scriptor, id. Brut. 9; 16, 63; 68, 239; Quint. 10, 1, 78 al.; cf. in the comp.: quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior (sc. Caesare)? Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 55; in the sup.: poëta, Nep. Att. 12, 4: elegans et concinnus (pictor), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 111.
As subst.: ēlĕgantes, ium, m., fine gentlemen, city people (opp. agrestes), Col. 7, 2, 1. Of things: nec magis compositum quicquam, nec magis elegans, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 13; cf. (with decorum) Cic. Div. 1, 30: a necessariis artificiis ad elegantiora defluximus, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; cf. Liv. 44, 9: artes elegantes et ingenuae, Cic. Fin. 3, 2: temperamentum, Tac. A. 11, 4: color, Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34 et saep.: perspicitis, hoc genus (jocandi) quam sit facetum, quam elegans, quam oratorium, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 241; cf. id. Off. 1, 29, 104; id. Brut. 85; Quint. 6, 3, 39; 10, 1, 65 al.
Comp.: ego autem a te elegantiora desidero, Cic. Fin. 4, 10; and sup.: epistola, id. Att. 16, 13 a.; cf.: scripta Terentii, Quint. 10, 1, 99: utrum sit elegantius, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 18: solum, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 50.
Hence, adv.: ēlĕganter, with correct choice, tastefully, neatly, finely, gracefully, elegantly: lautiores eleganter accepti, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 2: quiete et pure atque eleganter acta aetas, id. de Sen. 5; cf.: acta vita, Liv. 35, 31: herba foliis rotundis eleganter vestita, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43 et saep.
Comp.: psallere et saltare, Sall. C. 24, 2: quid enim facere potuit elegantius ad hominum existimationem? Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17: elegantius aut justius fieri, id. Fam. 3, 8, 2: facturos si, etc., Liv. 37, 1: neminem elegantius loca cepisse, more fitly, judiciously, Liv. 35, 14: causam accurate eleganterque dicere, Cic. Brut. 22, 86; so of speech, id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 2, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 102; 8, 2, 21 al.; cf. in the sup., Cic. Brut. 72, 252; Quint. 11, 1, 74.
eleganter
ēlĕganter, adv., v. preced. fin.
elegantia
ēlĕgantia, ae, f. elegans. * A being nice or particular; exquisiteness, fastidiousness (ante-class. and very rare): ejus elegantia meam extemplo speciem spernat, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 20.
Far more freq., Taste, propriety, refinement, grace, elegance (cf.: gustus, sapor, judicium). With gen.: tu eloquentiam ab elegantia doctrinae segregandam putes, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: vitae, Tac. A. 14, 19: morum, id. ib. 5, 8: capilli (with venustas oris), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 67: ac subtilitas operum, id. 16, 15, 26, § 66 et saep.: verborum Latinorum, Cic. Brut. 75, 261; cf. scriptorum, id. Fam. 4, 4; so, Latini sermonis, id. de Or. 2, 7, 28: mira sermonis, Quint. 10, 1, 114: figurarum, id. 12, 9, 6; and transf.: Socraticorum, id. 10, 1, 83; cf. Secundi, id. 12, 10, 11.
In plur.: vocum verborumque, Gell. 2, 9 fin. Absol.: qua munditia homines! qua elegantia! Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; cf. id. Sull. 28, 79; id. Leg. 3, 1: quae (agricultura) abhorret ab omni politiore elegantia, id. Fin. 3, 2; cf. Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62; 14, 6, 8, § 71; Suet. Aug. 73: elegantia modo et munditia remanebit, Cic. Or. 23 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 20; 10, 2, 19 al.
In plur.: laudatus propter elegantias dominus, Petr. 34, 5; Gell. 1, 4; cf. id. 19, 4.
elegatus
ĕlĕgātus, i, m., an unknown kind of fish, Aus. Epigr. 4, 59.
elegi
ĕlĕgi, ōrum, m., = ἔλεγοι, elegiac verses, an elegy, Tib. 2, 4, 13; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 135; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 91; id. A. P. 77; Ov. F. 2, 3; Juv. 1, 4; Tac. Or. 10 al.
elegia
ĕlĕgīa (ĕlĕgēa, in Ov. ĕlĕgēĭă), ae, f., = ἐλεγεία. An elegy: form elegia, Quint. 10, 1, 58; 93; Stat. S. 1, 2, 7; Mart. 5, 30, 4; Aus. Parent. 7, 1; form elegea, Quint. 1, 8, 6; form elegeia, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 7; 3, 9, 3; id. R. Am. 379. A kind of reed: est et obliqua harundo, non in excelsitatem nascens, sed juxta terram fruticis modo se spargens, suavissima in teneritate animalibus: vocatur a quibusdam elegia, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 167.
elegiacus
ĕlĕgī^ăcus, a, um, adj., = ἐλεγιακός, elegiac: carmen, Diom. p. 507 P.; Serv. p. 1824 ib.; Mart. Cap. 5, 168.
elegidarion
ĕlĕgīdārĭon, ii, n. elegidion, a short elegy, Petr. 109, 8.
elegidion
ĕlĕgīdĭon, ii, n., = ἐλεγείδιον, a short elegy, Pers. 1, 51.
elegion
ĕlĕgīon (also ĕlĕgēon), ii, n., = ἐλεγεῖον, an elegiac poem, an elegy, Aus. Epigr. 94, 2.
In plur., id. Parent. 29, 2.
elego
ē-lēgo, āvi, 1, v. a., to convey away (from the family) by bequest, to bequeath away, Petr. 43, 5; Gai. Inst. 2, 215.
elegus
ĕlĕgus, a, um, adj., = ἔλεγος, elegiac: metrum, Diom. p. 502 P.
elegus
ĕlĕgus, i, m., v. elegi.
Eleis
Ēlēïs, ĭdis, f., adj., v. Elis, II. C.
Eleleus
Ĕlĕleus, ei, m., = Ἐλελεύς [from ἐλελεῦ, the cry of the Bacchantes], a surname of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 15.
Hence, Ĕlĕlēĭdes = Bacchae, Ov. H. 4, 47.
elelisphacos
ĕlĕlisphăcos, i, m., = ἐλελίσφακος, a kind of sage, Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 146; 25, 10, 73, § 120; 26, 15, 89, § 150.
elementarius
ĕlĕmentārĭus, a, um, adj. elementum, II., belonging to the elements or rudiments, elementary (post-Aug. and very rare): senex, an old schoolmaster, Sen. Ep. 36: litterae, elementary knowledge, Capitol. Pert. 1.
elementicius
ĕlĕmentīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. id., elementary, elemental: substantiae, Tert. de Anima, 32.
elementum
ĕlĕmentum, i, n. root al-, to nourish; Gr. ἄν‐αλ‐τος, ἄλσος; Lat. alo, alimentum, etc.; cf. Sanscr. al-akā, a girl, a first principle, element (cf.: initium, principium, exordium, primordium); Gr. στοιχεῖον. Lit., in plur.: nec de elementis video dubitari quatuor esse ea, Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10; Lucr. 1, 827; 913; 2, 393 et saep.; Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 26; Sen. Q. N. 3, 12 sq.; Quint. 2, 17, 38; 3, 8, 31; Ov. M. 15, 237; 1, 29; Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 10.
In sing., Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191; 11, 36, 42, § 119; 31, 1, 1, § 1; Juv. 15, 86; Amm. 17, 13: quia ignis inviolabile sit elementum, Lact. 1, 12 med.; 7, 9 al. Transf. The alphabet, Suet. Caes. 56 (cf. Prisc. 538 P.).
More freq., Transf., the first principles, rudiments, in the arts and sciences (cf. doctrina, praecepta). In gen.: puerorum, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 163; cf. Quint. prooem. § 21; 1, 1, 35; Hor. S. 1, 1, 26; id. Ep. 1, 20, 17 et saep.: loquendi, Cic. Ac. 2, 28 fin.; cf. id. de Or. 2, 11, 45; Quint. 2, 3, 13; Ov. M. 9, 719 et saep. In partic. The ten categories of Aristotle, Quint. 3, 6, 23 sq. Spald. Meton., elementary scholars, beginners: vix se prima elementa ad spem effingendae eloquentiae audebunt, Quint. 1, 2, 26. The beginnings of other things: prima Romae, Ov. F. 3, 179: prima Caesaris, id. ib. 709: cupidinis pravi, Hor. C. 3, 24, 52; cf. irarum, Sil. 3, 77: vitiorum, Juv. 14, 123 al.
elenchus
ĕlenchus, i, m., = ἔλεγχος. A costly trinket, ear-pendant, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113; Juv. 6, 459; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 8; cf. Boettig. Sabina II. p. 56. Plur., part of the title of a work of M. Pompilius Andronicus: adeo inops ut coactus est praecipuum illud opusculum suum, annalium Ennii elenchorum XVI. milibus nummum vendere, etc., prob. a review, refutation, Suet. Gram. 8.
elentesco
ē-lentesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [lenteo], to become clammy or soft: panis, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 18.
elephans
ĕlĕphans, antis, v. elephas.
elephantia
ĕlĕphantĭa and ĕlĕphantĭăcus, v. elephantiasis.
elephantiasis
ĕlĕphantĭăsis (-tĭōsis, Veg. A. V. 4, 3, 4; August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10), is, f., = ἐλεφαντίασις, a very virulent kind of leprosy, elephantiasis, Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7 sq.; 20, 10, 42, § 109; 20, 14, 52, § 144; Veg. A. V. 1, 9; 1, 16; 4, 3, 4 (in Cels. 3, 25, written as Greek). Also called ĕlĕphas, q. v., and ĕlĕphantĭa, ae, Scrib. Comp. 250; and ĕlĕphantĭcus morbus, Isid. Orig. 4, 8, 12. One who labors under it is called ĕlĕphantĭăcus, Firm. Math. 8, 19 fin.; Hier. in Ezech. 6, 18, 6; and ĕlĕphantĭ-cus, id. ib. 8, 28; and ĕlĕphantĭōsus, August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10; App. Herb. 84, 3.
elephanticus
elephanticus, i, v. preced. art. fin.
Elephantine
Ĕlĕphantīne, ēs, f., = Ἐλεφαντίνη, a small but very fertile island of the Nile, in the Thebaid, with a city of the same name, now Jezyret-Assuan, Mel. 1, 9, 2; 9; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; Tac. A. 2, 61; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 163.
Also called Elĕphantis, ĭdis, f., Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 59; Vitr. 8, 2, 6.
elephantinus
ĕlĕphantĭnus, a, um, adj. elephas. Belonging to the elephant: tergum, Mel. 1, 5, 2. = ἐλεφάντινος, pure Lat. eburnĕus, of ivory: liber, consisting of ivory tablets, Vop. Tacit. 8: atramentum, ivoryblack, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 42: compositio (emplastri), Cels. 5, 19, 24 Daremb.
elephantiosis
ĕlĕphantĭōsis, v. elephantiasis init.
Elephantis
Ĕlĕphantis, ĭdis (Gr. gen. ĭdos, Mart. 12, 43, 4), f., = Ἐλεφαντίς. An island of the Nile, v. Elephantine. The name of a licentious Greek poetess, Suet. Tib. 43; Mart. 12, 43, 4; Plin. 28, 7, 24, § 81.
elephantus
ĕlĕphantus, i, and ĕlĕphās, antis (rarely ĕlĕphans, antis, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 196; of the second form the nom. sing., and of the first the oblique cases are most freq.), m. (fem., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 14), = ἐλέφας, an elephant.
Form elephantus, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 25; 30; id. Stich. 1, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 23; Cic. N. D. 1, 35; 2, 47 fin.; id. de Sen. 9, 27; Liv. 44, 41; Plin. 6, 19, 22, § 66 et saep. Its tough hide suggests the expression: elephanti corio circumtentus, i. e. thickheaded, stupid, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 80.
Form elephas, Mart. Spect. 17, 1; Luc. 6, 208; 9, 732; acc. elephantem, Sen. Ep. 85, 41; Gr. acc. elephanta, Manil. 5, 706; Mart. Spect. 19, 4; acc. plur. elephantas, Manil. 4, 667; 740. Transf., like the Gr. ἐλέφας. Form elephantus, ivory, Verg. G. 3, 26; id. A. 3, 464; 6, 896. Form elephas, the elephantiasis, Lucr. 6, 1114; Seren. Samm. 10. Form elephantus, a sea-fish, Plin. 9, 5, 4, § 10; 32, 11, 53, § 144; 148.
Eleus
Ēlēus, a, um, v. Elis, II. A.
Eleus
Ĕlĕūs, untis, f., v. Elaeus.
Eleusin
Ĕleusin, īnis (acc. Eleusin, Front. Strat. 4, 7, 44; Lat. form Eleusina, ae, Front. Ep. ad Ver. 1, p. 178; Cl. Mam. Grat. Act. Jul. 9, 3; Oros. 1, 7; and acc. to MSS. Eleusinam in Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119; Liv. 31, 25, 2; cf. Salaminam from Salamis, q. v.), f., = Ἐλευσίν, a very ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Ceres, now Lepsina, Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 23; Cic. Att. 6, 6, 2; id. N. D. 1, 42, 119; Liv. 31, 26; Tac. H. 4, 83; Ov. F. 4, 507; id. M. 7, 439; Stat. Th. 2, 382 al. Hence, Ĕleusīnus, a, um, adj., Eleusinian: mater, i. e. Ceres, Verg. G. 1, 163; cf.: Eleusina Ceres et Proserpina, Vitr. 7 praef. fin.; Lact. 1, 21, 24; Arn. 6, no. 6; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 99. Ĕleusī-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἐλευσίνιος, Eleusinian: sacra, Suet. Claud. 25; Gell. 11, 6, 5; cf.: Eleusinium certamen, id. 15, 20, 3.
Subst.: Ĕleusīnĭa, ōrum, n., the festival of Ceres at Eleusin, Tert. Apol. 7; id. adv. Val. 1.
Eleusium
Eleusĭum, ii, f., a female name, Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 7.
eleutheria
ĕleuthĕrĭa, ae, f., = ἐλευθερία, liberty, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 21.
Eleutheri Cadurci
Eleutheri Cadurci, v. Cadurci.
Eleutherius
Ĕleuthĕrĭus, i, m., = Ἐλευθέριος (Liberator), the surname of a god: Liber, Arn. 6, p. 207.
Hence, Ĕleuthĕrĭa, ōrum, n., the festival of Jupiter Eleutherius, feast of liberty, celebrated in honor of the victory at Plataea, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 29.
Eleutherocilices
Ĕleuthĕrŏcĭlĭces, um, m. (free Cilicians), a people (probably the aborigines) in the mountains of Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10.
elevatio
ēlĕvātĭo, ōnis, f. elevo. A lifting up, raising (late Lat.): manuum, Vulg. Psa. 140, 2 al. Trop. Gram. t. t., the elevation: vocis (= ἄρσις, opp. depositio), Mart. Cap. 9, § 974; Isid. 1, 16, 21. Rhet. t. t., a lessening, disparaging; a species of irony, Quint. 9, 2, 50; Mart. Cap. 5, § 525.
elevator
ēlĕvātor, ōris, m. id., one who raises up, a deliverer (eccl. Lat.): meus (deus), Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3.
elevo
ē-lĕvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. Lit., to lift up, raise (very rare): contabulationem, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5 and 7: lumbos in altum, App. M. 4, p. 143: arcam, Vulg. Gen. 7, 17.
Poet.: elevat hunc pluma, i. e. turns into a bird, Claud. Eutr. 1, 295: aura preces, i. e. carry away, disperse, = auferat, dissipet, Prop. 1, 8, 12: fructum, to gather in, Col. 3, 21, 5: statura elevata, i. e. tall, Capit. Ant. Phil. 13.
More freq., Trop. To lighten, alleviate: aegritudinem (with obtundere), Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 34; cf. sollicitudines (opp. duplicare), Luccei. in Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.
Esp. freq., (In allusion to the rising of the lighter scale.) To make light of, to lessen, diminish, impair, weaken; to disparage, detract from: causas suspicionum offensionumque tum evitare, tum elevare, tum ferre, Cic. Lael. 24; so, objectum ab adversario, id. de Or. 2, 56 fin.; cf. id. Inv. 1, 42; Quint. 6, 3, 75 sq.; 11, 3, 176: perspicuitatem, Cic. N. D. 3, 4: auctoritatem, Liv. 3, 21; 37, 57 fin.: res gestas (opp. verbis extollere), id. 28, 43; cf. ib. 44 fin.: noxam multitudinis, id. 45, 10: non si quid turbida Roma Elevet, Pers. 1, 6 et saep.
With personal objects: est plane oratoris movere risum, quod frangit adversarium, quod impedit, quod elevat, quod deterret, quod refutat, Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236; cf.: elevabatur index indiciumque, Liv. 26, 27: Samnitium bella extollit, elevat Etruscos, id. 9, 37: assiduos viros (copia), Prop. 2, 33, 44 (3, 31, 44 M.); cf. id. 2, 34, 58 (3, 32, 58 M.). Of the voice, to lift up, raise (late Lat.): vocem, Vulg. Judic. 2, 4 al.
Elias
Ēlĭas, ădis, v. Elis, II. D.
Elias
Ēlīās (Helias), ae, and Elia, ae, m., Elijah, a prophet of the Jews: form Elias, Lact. 4, 11, 6; form Elia, Prud. Cath. 7, 27.
elices
ēlĭces, um, m. e-liquor; cf. colliciae, a trench for drawing off water, a drain, Col. 2, 8, 3; 11, 2, 82; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 2 Müll.; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 109; v. also elix.
elicio
ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2: elexisse, Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum (part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, v. a. lacio, to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.). Lit. In gen.: aliquem hinc foras, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3: hostem ex paludibus silvisque, Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2: omnes citra flumen, id. ib. 6, 8, 2: hostes in suum locum, id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.: aliquem in proelium, Tac. A. 15, 13: aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula, Cic. Balb. 9: vatem ad colloquium, Liv. 5, 15: aliquem, ut, etc., id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.: premere ubera ad eliciendum lac, Vulg. Prov. 30, 33. In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts, Ov. F. 3, 327; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 104; Arn. 5, p. 154; Cic. Vatin. 6; Tib. 1, 2, 46; Hor. S. 1, 8, 29; Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 6, 733; Tac. A. 2, 28 al.
In a like sense: fulmina, to call down, Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13. Trop.: terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem, Cic. de Sen. 15, 51: vocem, to utter, speak, Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces): voces et querelas, id. Brut. 80, 278: sermonem, Liv. 9, 6: verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97: sonos, id. N. D. 2, 60: sententiam alicujus, id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.: arcana ejus, Liv. 40, 23; and, veritatem, Tac. A. 4, 45: causas praesensionum, to elicit, ascertain, Cic. Div. 1, 8: misericordiam, Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf. cupidinem, id. A. 16, 14: iram, Curt. 8, 5 fin.: studia civium, Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.: ferrum e terrae cavernis, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151: ignem lapidum conflictu, id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47: sudorem, Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189: alvum, to relax, id. 19, 5, 26, § 80: lacrimas, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4: litteras, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2: cadum, Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep.
elicitus
ēlĭcĭtus, a, um, Part., v. elicio.
Elicius
Ēlĭcĭus, ii, m. elicio, I. B., a surname of Jupiter, because from him celestial signs or omens were obtained (or, acc. to others, because he was called down by incantations), Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Ov. F. 3, 328; Varr. L. L. 6, § 94 Müll.; Liv. 1, 31, 8; Plin. 2, 53, 54, § 140.
Elidensis
Ēlĭdensis, v. Elis, II. E.
elido
ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. laedo. To knock, strike, or dash out, to tear out, to force out, squeeze out. Lit.: aurigam e curru, Cic. Rep. 2, 41: oculos, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261: ignem velut e silice, Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.: flammas ex sese, id. 18, 35, 84, § 358: ignes nubibus, Ov. M. 6, 696: aërem lituis, Luc. 7, 476: partum, i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25: litteras, to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5: vina praelis, i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73. cf. herbam, Ov. F. 4, 371: corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta, Tac. A. 2, 24. Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32: (imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc., is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296: colores repercussu parietum, Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137: sibilum, to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf. sonum, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146: vocem, Quint. 11, 3, 51: morbum, to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald. To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death. Lit.: talos alicui, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12: tuum caput, id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45: fauces, to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2: aliquem stipite, Curt. 9, 7 fin.: draconem pondere, Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32: geminos angues (Hercules), i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf. infantes, Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. Trop., to break down, destroy: (poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.: aegritudine elidi, id. ib. 5, 6, 16: prius pactum per posterius, i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.
eligans
ēlĭgans, ēlĭgantia, ēlĭganter, v. eleg-.
eligo
ē-lĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a. lĕgo, to pick out, choose, elect (class.; esp. in the trop. sense; cf.: coöpto, designo, deligo, seligo): pedes e capite et e collo pullorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 14: uvam ad edendum (with legere), id. ib. 1, 54, 2: herbas, to pluck up, to weed out, id. ib. 1, 47; Col. 4, 5; cf. trop., Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83 and 84: ex malis minima, Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3: ut de tribus Antoniis eligas quem velis, id. Phil. 10, 2, 5: a multis commodissimum quodque, id. Inv. 2, 2, 5: ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis, id. Rep. 1, 35 fin. et saep.
Absol., to choose correctly, make a proper selection: haud semper errat fama; aliquando et elegit, Tac. Agr. 9 fin.
Hence, ēlectus, a, um, P. a. In gen., picked, selected; select, choice, excellent: par columbarum, Petr. 85, 6: viri electissimi civitatis, Cic. Quint. 2: pugiles, Suet. Calig. 18: quisque, id. ib. 49: electissima verba, Cic. Fin. 3, 7 fin. Madv. N. cr.; Auct. Her. 4, 26, 36; cf.: electius verbum, id. ib.; scripta, Cat. 36, 6: res, Petr. 36, 4 et saep.
In the neutr. subst.: ēlecta, ōrum, selections, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17.
Adv.: ēlecte choicely, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49.
Comp., Gell. 18, 7, 2. In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.
elimatio
ēlīmātĭo, ōnis, f. elimo. Prop., a filing away: ligni, Marc. Emp. 4, 12. Transf., an elucidation, explanation, Justin. praef. 3 de Emend. Cod. § 3. A reducing, lessening: carnis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 11, 138.
elimator
ēlīmātor, ōris, m. id., a cleanser, purifier (eccl. Lat.); of Christ, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 35.
Elimea
Ĕlĭmēa or -īa, ae, f., = Ἐλίμεια, a district to the southwest of Macedonia, Liv. 31, 40; 42, 53 al.; also called Elimiōtis, ĭdis, f., Liv. 45, 30, 6.
elimes
ēlīmes ex-limes, ἄποικος, παρόριος, Gloss. Philox.
elimino
ē-līmĭno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. limen, to turn out of doors (a poet. word, mostly ante- and post-class.). Lit.: aliquem, Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 38, 31 sq.; cf.: aliquem soli patrii finibus, to banish, Sid. Ep. 4, 10: se, to go out, Enn. ap. Non. 39, 4; Varr. ib. 292, 23: gradus, to move out, an old poet ap. Quint. 8, 3, 31.
* Trop.: dicta foras, to blab, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.
elimo
ē-līmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to file up, viz., Prop.: elimata scobis, filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170. Transf., to polish. Lit., Ov. M. 4, 176; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12 fin.: dentes, to clean, Tert. Poen. 11. To elaborate, cultivate; to finish, perfect: σχόλιον aliquod, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 16, 7, 3; cf. Quint. 2, 7, 5: animum, Aug. contra Acad. 2, 7: elimati, i. q. eruditi, Gell. praef. § 19: Aeneida, id. 17, 10, 7. To lessen, diminish: vires, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 217.
Hence, ēlī-mātus, a, um, P. a., elaborate; only sup.: disputatio elimatissima, Aug. Cont. Jul. 5, 17.
Adv.; only comp.: ēlīmātĭus, more elaborately, more exactly, Ambros. Hexaëm. 6, 8.
elimpido
ē-limpĭdo (elym-), āvi, 1, v. a., to cleanse out, make quite clean (late Lat.): vulnera, Veg. Vet. 2, 27, 4; 4, 28, 2; 1, 26, 2.
elinguatio
ēlinguātĭo = γλωσσοτομία, Gloss. Philox.
elinguis
ē-linguis, e, adj. lingua. Lit., deprived of a tongue, Aus. Ep. 23, 14; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 15. Transf. In gen., speechless, Cic. Fl. 10, 22; Liv. 10, 19 (with mutus); id. post Red. 3, 7 (with mutus and tacitus); Gell. 5, 1, 9. Pregn., without eloquence, Cic. Brut. 26, 100; Cels. praef. med.; Tac. Or. 36 fin. (opp. disertus).
elinguo
ē-linguo, āre, v. a. id., to deprive of the tongue, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 72; cf.: ELINGVATVS linguam amisit, Fronto de Diff. Voc. p. 2200 fin. P.
elino
ē-lĭno, lēvi, 3, v. a., to bedaub, defile: vestimenta luto, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 30 (maculavit, Non.; but perh. more correctly, to cleanse completely).
eliquamen
ēlĭquāmen, false read. in Col. 8, 14, 3, for liquamina.
eliquatio
ēlĭquātĭo, ōnis, f. eliquo, a liquefying, dissolving: materiae, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 32, 166.
eliquatus
ēlĭquātus, a, um, adj. id., clear.
Comp.: sensa doctrinae, Mar. Mercat. in Verb. Jul. 9, 4.
eliquesco
ē-lĭquesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become liquid by being pressed out: olea, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 4.
eliquium
ēlĭquĭum, ii, n. eliquo (post-class.). An outlet; in plur., Sol. 18, 1. A decrease, diminution; in plur.: lunae (opp. adauctus), Sol. 23, § 22.
eliquo
ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. To clarify, strain (post-Aug.). Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26. Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11. (With the notion of the simplex predominating.) To cause to flow clearly, to pour forth: fluviales aquas (mons), App. M. 10, p. 253.
Fig.: in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4. To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.
Elis
Ēlis, ĭdis (acc. Elin, Ov. M. 2, 679; 5, 608; 12, 550; Stat. S. 2, 6, 47; Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181; 7, 20, 20, § 84: Elidem, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; abl. usually Elide; but Eli, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2), f., = Ἦλις; also Ālis, Alidis = Dor. Ἀλις (Plaut. Capt. prol. 9, 26, 31; cf. Aleus, id. ib. 27), the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus, with a capital of the same name, in the vicinity of which Olympia was situated, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 22; Cic. Div. 1, 41; Verg. A. 3, 694; 6, 588; Ov. M. 9, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 389 et saep.
Of the capital, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; Ov. M. 12, 550. Derivv. Ēlēus, a, um, adj., Elean; and in the poets also for Olympian: flumen, i. e. the Alphēus, Ov. M. 5, 576; called also Eleus amnis, Poëta ap. Sen. Q. N. 3, 1: campus, i. e. Olympia, Verg. G. 3, 202; cf.: carcer, Tib. 1, 4, 33; Ov. H. 18, 166: quadriga, Prop. 3, 9, 17 (4, 8, 17 M.): palma, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: Juppiter, Prop. 3, 2, 20 (4, 1, 60 M.); called also Eleus parens, Val. Fl. 4, 227: lustra, Stat. S. 2, 6, 72.
In plur. subst.: Ēlēi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 175. Ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14. * Ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: humus, Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne. * Ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, poet. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59. * Ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of Elis: Phaedo, Gell. 2, 18, 1.
elisio
ēlīsĭo, ōnis, f. elido. A striking out, forcing out: lacrimae, pressing out, Sen. Ep. 99, 18. In the later grammarians, the striking out of a letter, elision.
Elissa
Ĕlissa or Ĕlīsa, ae, f., = Ἔλισσα, another name (occurring only in poetry) for Dido, Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.
Hence, Ĕlis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian: patres, Sil. 6, 346: tyrannus, i. e. Hannibal, id. 2, 239: lacerti, id. 15, 524.
elisus
ēlīsus, a, um, Part., from elido.
Elius
Elius, i, v. Elis, II. B.
elix
ēlix, ĭcis, m. elicio, a channel for diverting a stream: elix, ἀναπνοὴ ὀχετοῦ, Gloss.; usually in plur., v. elices.
elixatura
ēlixātūra, ae, f. elixo, a thorough boiling; concr., any thing boiled, Apic. 9, 1 al.
elixo
ēlixo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. elixus, to boil thoroughly, seethe (late Lat.), Apic. 2, 1; 3, 6 al.
elixus
ē-lixus, a, um, adj., lix, thoroughly boiled, boiled, seethed. Lit., Varr. ap. Non. 62, 14; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Hor. S. 2, 2, 74; Juv. 3, 294; 13, 85; cf. the punning use of the word, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 67; id. Most. 5, 1, 66. Transf., qs. sodden, i. e., soaked, wet through: calcei, Varr. ap. Non. 48, 27: balneator, Mart. 3, 7: nates, i. e. quite flabby after the bath, Pers. 4, 40.
elleborine
ellĕbŏrīne (hell-), es, f., = ἑλλεβορίνη, a kind of hellebore, Plin. 13, 20, 35, § 114; id. 27, 9, 52, § 76.
elleborismus
ellĕbŏrismus, i, m., = ἑλλεβορισμός, a purgative made from hellebore: destillandus etiam elleborismus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 108.
elleborites
ellebŏrītes (hell-), ae, m., = ἑλλεβορίτης, hellebore wine, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.
elleboro
ellĕbŏro (hell-) (no perf. nor sup.), are, v. a. elleborus, to purify with hellebore, Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 77.
elleborosus
ellĕbŏrōsus (hell-), a, um, adj. id., in need of hellebore (i. e.), out of his senses: Gr. Quaeso, sanun es? Tr. Sum elleborosus. Gr. Ut ego cerritus, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 67.
elleborus
ellĕbŏrus (hell-), i, m., and ellĕ-bŏrum (hell-), i, n., hellebore, in pure Lat. veratrum, a plant much used by the ancients as a remedy for mental diseases, epilepsy, etc.; the best grew on the island of Anticyra, in the Aegean Sea, Pl. 25, 5, 21; id. 25, 13, 94; Gell. 17, 15; Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 89; Verg. G. 3, 451; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 137; Cels. 2, 13; Sen. Ep. 83, 25.
ellipsis
ellipsis (en-l-), is, f., = ἔλλειψις, in rhet. lang., an ellipsis (pure Lat. detractio), Quint. 8, 6, 21; cf. id. 1, 5, 40; Schol. Juv. 1, 89.
ellops
ellops, ŏpis, m., v. helops.
ellum
ellum, ellam, v. ecce.
ellychnium
ellychnĭum, ii, n., = ἐλλύχνιον, a lamp-wick, Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 84; 28, 11, 47, § 168; Vitr. 8, 1; Stat. S. 4, 9, 29.
eloco
ē-lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to let or hire out, to let out to farm: fundum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22; cf. bovem, Col. 1, 7, 6: funus, Plin. 21, 3, 7, § 10; cf.: sese curandum, id. 26, 1, 3, § 4.
Transf.: gentem Judaeorum, i. q. ejus vectigalia, Cic. Fl. 28 fin.
elocutilis
ēlŏcūtĭlis, e, adj. eloquor, oratorical: facundia, App. M. 11, p. 258, 12.
elocutio
ēlŏcūtĭo, ōnis, f. id.. Prop., a speaking out, utterance, expression: pluralis, Dig. 22, 5, 12. Transf., in rhet. lang., oratorical delivery, elocution; the Gr. φράσις (cf.: locutio, dictio, stilus, etc.), Cic. Inv. 1, 7, 9; Quint. prooem. § 22; 8 prooem. § 13; 8, 1, 1 et saep.
elocutorius
ēlŏcūtōrĭus, a, um, adj. id., pertaining to oratorical expression: elocu-toria, ae, and elocutrix, īcis, f., as a translation of ῥητορική, rhetoric, Quint. 2, 14, 2.
elocutus
ēlŏcūtus, a, um, Part., from eloquor.
elogio
ēlŏgĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. elogium, to describe briefly, to state (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 16; 5, 4, 66.
elogium
ē-lŏgĭum, ii, n. logus; cf. Rost. Opusc. Plaut. I. p. 93 sq., an utterance, short saying, sentence.
In partic. A short maxim, saying: Solonis, Cic. de Sen. 20, 73. An inscription on a tombstone (so most freq.), Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 19; Cic. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Fin. 2, 35; id. Tusc. 1, 14, 31; id. Pis. 29 fin.; Suet. Claud. 1 al. (Vide old examples of such Elogia in Orell. Inscr. 534 sq.) Also on doors, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 74; on the images of ancestors, Suet. Galb. 3; on votive tablets, id. Calig. 24. A clause in a will (especially which disinherits one), Cic. Clu. 48, 135; cf. Quint. 7, 4, 20; Dig. 28, 2, 14 fin.; 37, 10, 1, § 9; Suet. Vita Hor. sub init.; hence, in the Cod. Just., ultima elogia, for last will or testament in gen., Cod. 3, 28, 37, § 1 al. A judicial statement, record, abstract in criminal cases (respecting the criminal's offence, punishment, etc.), Suet. Calig. 27; Spart. Sever. 2; Lampr. Alex. Sever. 33; Amm. 7, 2; 19, 12: vertices sub uno elogio jussit occidi, a single warrant, id. 14, 7, 1; so the jurid. expression: mittere aliquem cum elogio, to send a criminal before the proper magistrates, with a specification of his offence, Dig. 48, 3, 11; 49, 16, 3 al.
elonginquo
ē-longinquo, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. e-longinquus, to remove, Ambros. Enarr. in Psa. 43, § 45.
elongo
ēlongo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. e-longe. Act., to remove, keep aloof (late Lat.): auxilium tuum a me, Vulg. Psa. 21, 20: judicium a nobis, id. Isa. 59, 9 al. To prolong, protract: diem ejus, Vulg. Isa. 14, 1; cf. elongo, μακρύνω, ἀφίστημι, Gloss. Philox. Neutr., to withdraw, depart: ecce elongavi fugiens, Vulg. Psa. 54, 7; id. Sir. 35, 22; id. Jer. 2, 5; Ambros. in Luc. 3, § 32.
elops
elops, ŏpis, m., v. helops.
eloquens
ēlŏquens, entis, Part. and P. a., from eloquor.
eloquenter
ēlŏquenter, adv., eloquently, v. eloquor, P. a. fin.
eloquentia
ēlŏquentĭa, ae, f. eloquor, a being eloquent, eloquence, Cic. Part. 23, 79; id. de Or. 1, 5, 19; 1, 32, 146; Quint. 9, 17, 2; 2, 16, 7; Tac. Or. 8, 30 et saep.
eloquium
ēlŏquĭum, ii, n. id.. In Aug. poets, and their imitators among prose writers, for eloquentia, eloquence, * Hor. A. P. 217; * Verg. A. 11, 383; Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 46; id. M. 13, 63; 322 al.; Vell. 2, 68, 1; Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 55. In late Lat., declaration, communication in gen., Diom. p. 413 P.; Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 9: eloquia pulchritudinis, fine words, Vulg. Gen. 49, 21; id. Prov. 4, 20 al.
eloquor
ē-lŏquor, ēlŏcūtus (or ēloquūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to speak out, speak plainly, to utter; to pronounce, declare, state, express: eloqui hoc est, omnia quae mente conceperis promere atque ad audientes perferre, Quint. 8 prooem. § 15 (class.). In gen. (so most freq. in Plautus). With acc.: id quod sentit eloqui non posse, Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; so, praeclare cogitata mentis, id. Brut. 72 fin.: audita, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 45: nomen meum, id. ib. prol. 18: argumentum hujus tragoediae, id. ib. 51; 96: rem, ut facta est, id. ib. 4, 5, 8 et saep.: ille unum elocutus, ut memoria tenerent milites, etc., * Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 5: Gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis "Ilion, Ilion," etc., Hor. C. 3, 3, 17 et saep. Absol., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 48; id. Curc. 2, 3, 29: perge eloqui, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 36: eloquar an sileam? Verg. A. 3, 39 et saep. In partic., to speak in an oratorical or eloquent manner (only absol.): et Graece ab eloquendo ῥήτωρ et Latine eloquens dictus est, etc., Cic. Or. 19; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 3: eloqui copiose melius est, quam vel acutissime sine eloquentia cogitare, Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; cf.: composite, ornate, copiose eloqui, id. de Or. 1, 11, 48: eloquendi facultas, Quint. 10, 1, 69 et saep.
Hence, ēlŏquens, entis, P. a. Speaking, endowed with the faculty of speech: cum res muta fit eloquens, Auct. Her. 4, 53. Eloquent (for syn. cf.: facundus, disertus, etc.): Is est eloquens, qui et humilia subtiliter et magna graviter et mediocria temperate potest dicere, etc., Cic. Or. 29, 100 sq.; cf. id. ib. 36, 19: M. Antonius disertos ait se vidisse multos, eloquentem omnino neminem, id. ib. 5, 18 sq.; id. de Or. 1, 21; Quint. 8 prooem. § 13; 12, 1, 21; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 5: rhetor, Cic. N. D. 2, 1: senator (Cato), Quint. 11, 1, 36: vir, Vulg. Act. 18, 24 et saep.
Comp., Quint. 12, 6, 6; App. Mag. p. 8 Bip.
Sup., Quint. 1, 1, 21; 4, 2, 58; 5, 13, 3; 8 prooem. § 13; Cic. Brut. 39, 145; Tac. Agr. 10 al.
Adv.: ēlŏquen-ter, eloquently: eloquenter, λογίως, Gloss.
Comp.: eloquentius quam prius scribitur, Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 6.
Sup.: eloquentissime respondere, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 17; 6, 21, 4.!*? ēlŏcūtus, a, um, in pass. signif.: an quaedam extrinsecus sint elocuta, Dig. 3, 2, 13, § 6.
Elorus
Ĕlōrus, v. Helorus.
elotus
ēlōtus, a, um, Part., from elavo.
Elpenor
Elpēnor, ŏris, m., = Ἐλπήνωρ, one of the companions of Ulysses, whom Circe changed into swine, Juv. 15, 22; being afterwards disenchanted, he fell from a roof while drunk, and broke his neck, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 19; id. M. 14, 252; id. Ib. 483.
Elpinice
Elpĭnīce, ēs, f., sister of Cimon, Nep. Cim. 1, 2.
eluacrus
ēlŭācrus, a, um, adj. eluo, for washing out or rinsing: labrum, a wash-tub, Cato R. R. 10, 4, and 11, 3 dub. (al. vinarium).
eluceo
ē-lūcĕo, xi, 2, v. n., to shine out, shine forth (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense and in Cic.). Lit.: inter flammas circulus elucens, Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.
Poet., of the golden glittering of bees, Verg. G. 4, 98: illa flamma, quae ex L. Marcii capite eluxit, Val. Max. 1, 6, 2. Trop., to shine out, show itself; to be apparent, manifest (cf.: appareo, exsisto, effero): scintilla ingenii jam tum elucebat in puero, Cic. Rep. 2, 21; cf. id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Off. 1, 29, 103; 1, 28, 98; id. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Or. 40 fin.; Quint. 1, 1, 2; 8, 6, 4 al.: ex quo elucebit omnis constantia, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Part. 12: Haec (benevolentia) magis elucet inter aequales, id. Lael. 27, 101; id. Fam. 4, 3, 2; id. Lael. 14; id. Rosc. Am. 31: argumentum prius est enarrandum, quo ratio eluceat, Lact. 7, 14, 6; Nep. Paus. 1, 6, 2; Lucr. 2, 1051 al.
elucesco
ēlūcesco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [eluceo], to shine forth, begin to shine (late Lat.), August. Retr. 1, 13: elucesco, παρεκφαινειν, Gloss.
Esp., to dawn: donec dies elucescat, Vulg. 2 Pet. 1, 19.
Impers.: cum jam elucesceret, Vulg. 1 Reg. 9, 26.
elucido
ē-lūcĭdo, āre, v. a. lucidus, to light, enlighten (late Lat.): aliquem, Vulg. Sir. 24, 31.
elucifico
ē-lūcĭfĭco, āre, v. a. lucificus, to deprive of light, to blind, Laber. ap. Non. 106, 21; id. ap. Gell. 10, 17 fin., al. lucificare.
eluctabilis
ēluctābĭlis, e, adj. eluctor, from which one may extricate one's self: aquae, Sen. Q. N. 6, 8, 4.
eluctatio
ēluctātĭo, ōnis, f. id., a struggling, struggle.
Trop.: adversus mala, Lact. 3, 11.
eluctor
ē-luctor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. (perh. not ante-Aug.). Neutr., to struggle out, force one's way out: aqua omnis, Verg. G. 2, 244; so of streams, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Luc. 2, 219.
Trop.: ipse, compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, promptius eloquebatur, i. e. hesitating in speech, unready, Tac. A. 4, 31. Act., to struggle out of any thing; also, to surmount a difficulty, to obtain by striving: tot ac tam validas manus, Liv. 24, 26 fin.: nives, Tac. H. 3, 59; cf.: locorum difficultates, id. Agr. 17 fin.: furorem, Stat. Ach. 1, 525 et saep.: viam ponti, Val. Fl. 8, 184.
elucubro
ē-lūcubro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (elucu-bror, deponent: epistolam, quam eram elucubratus, Cic. Att. 7, 19), to compose by lamplight, i. e. at night, with great labor, Cic. Brut. 90 fin.; Tac. Or. 9; Col. 10 praef. fin.
elucus
ē-lūcus, i, m. lux.
Prop., one who has been awake all night; hence, a drowsy or dreaming person, Gell. 4, 19, 1; cf. id. 16, 12, 3; Tert. Cor. Mil. 7; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 17 Müll.
eludo
ē-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n. and a. * Neutr., to finish play, i. e. cease to sport or roll: ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit): solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet, id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10. Act. To win from one at play (very rare).
Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid: anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.: elusi militem in alea, id. ib. 11.
Poet., with dat.: tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas, will snatch away from you, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.
Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense), A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow: callidus emissas eludere simius hastas, Mart. 14, 202: caestus cito motu, Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol.: quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio, Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17.
Poet.: vulnera, to make in vain, Ov. M. 12, 104. Transf., to delude, deceive, cheat, frustrate. In gen.: aliquem, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 45; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol., Cic. Pis. 33, 82: manus scrutantium, Petr. 97, 4: bellum quiete, quietem bello, Liv. 2, 48; cf. pugnam, id. 27, 18: bellum metu, Tac. A. 2, 52: fidem miraculis, Liv. 26, 19: ultionem praevaricando, Tac. A. 14, 41: indicia seditionis, i. e. to invalidate, id. H. 1, 26 et saep. In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock, jeer, banter, make sport of: et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: aliquem, id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol.: eludet, ubi te victum senserit, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.: gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam), Liv. 28, 44 fin.: aliquid, id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.
elugeo
ē-lūgĕo, xi, 2, v. a., to mourn for any one, to be in mourning for (rare): virum (mulier), Dig. 3, 2, 10; ib. 11: patriam, Cic. Fam. 9, 20 fin.
With cognate acc.: luctum, Gell. 7, 5, 4.
Absol.: quid, cum eluxerunt, sumunt? have completed their time of mourning, Liv. 34, 7, 10.
elumbis
ē-lumbis, e, adj. lumbus, hip-shot, having the hip dislocated. Lit.: evulso lumbo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 13 Müll. (dub.). Trop., of style: Ciceronem male audisse a Bruto, ut ipsius verbis utar, tamquam fractum atque elumbem, i. e. enervated, Tac. Or. 18. Transf.: virus, i. e. that weakens, enervates, Prud. στεφ. 2, 216.
eluminatio
ēlūmĭnātĭo, an enlightening, φωτισμός, Gloss. Philox.
eluminatus
ē-lūmĭnātus, a, um, adj. lumen, deprived of light, blinded, Sid. Ep. 8, 11 fin.
eluo
ē-lŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to wash out, rinse out; to wash off, wash clean (class.). Lit.: vascula, Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3: patinas, id. Capt. 4, 2, 66: argentum (the silver vessels, the plate), id. Ps. 1, 2, 29: bacas immundas, Col. 12, 52, 21; 6, 3, 4: os, Cels. 3, 4: maculas vestium, Plin. 20, 8, 28, § 72; cf. Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 71; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46; id. Sest. 29, 63: purpureum colorem omnibus undis, Lucr. 6, 1077; so, colorem, Quint. 1, 1, 5; cf. atramentum, Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43: aliquid ex aqua, Cels. 7, 21 fin.: corpus, Ov. M. 11, 141: se asinino lacte, Cels. 4, 24 et saep. Transf. To purify: vasa eluto auro, of pure gold (al. elato), Capitol. Pertin. 8. To clear, to lay bare: Ponticum Phasim et stagna Maeotidis (sc. avibus), Col. 8, 8, 10. In Plautus (like elavo, II.), to strip one's self of, to get rid of, squander one's property, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 21 sq.; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; of money lavished on expensive baths: elutum in balineis, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 5. Trop., to dispose of, remove, clear, or wash away, etc.: ut centurionum profusus sanguis eluatur: num elui praedicatio crudelitatis potest? Cic. Phil. 12, 6; cf.: infectum scelus sub gurgite vasto, Verg. A. 6, 742: crimen, Ov. M. 11, 141: vitia, Quint. 2, 3, 2 et saep.: tales amicitiae sunt remissione usus eluendae, i. e. to get rid of, Cic. Lael. 21; cf.: amara curarum (cadus), Hor. C. 4, 12, 20. To cleanse, purify, make pure or clear: mentes maculatas crimine, Sil. 11, 200; cf. Sen. Ep. 59: mentem, Lact. 5, 19, 34.
Hence, ēlūtus, a, um, P. a., washed out, i. e. watery, insipid; in the comp.: irriguo nihil est elutius horto (= magis fatuum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 16: (spodi) elutior vis est, Plin. 34, 13, 33, § 129.
Elusa
Ĕlŭsa, ae, f., a city in Gallia Aquitania, now Eauze, Claud. in Rufin. 1, 137; Amm. 15, 11, 14.
Hence,
Elusates
Elusātes, ium, m., a Gallic tribe in Aquitania, Caes. B. G. 3, 27; Plin. 4, 19, 33, § 108.
elusco
ē-lusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. luscus, to make one-eyed, to deprive of an eye (late Lat.), Dig. 9, 2, 5, § 3; 10, 4, 17; 13, 3, 3 al.
elusus
ēlūsus, a, um, Part., from eludo.
elutio
ēlūtĭo, ōnis, f. eluo, a washing: panis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 12.
elutrio
ēlūtrĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. id., to wash out. Lit.: lintea, Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 5: vellus, Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133. Transf., to decant, rack off, Plin. 14, 17, 21, § 114.
elutus
ēlūtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from eluo and elavo.
eluvies
ēlŭvĭes, em, e, f. eluo, a washing away of impurities, a flowing off, discharge. Lit., Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 197; Pall. 1, 40, 4; Juv. 3, 32: ventris, Lucil. ap. Non. 103, 33; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9 fin. In gen., an overflowing, an inundation of a river, etc.: eluvie mons est deductus in aequor, Ov. M. 15, 267; Tac. A. 13, 57. Meton., a chasm, abyss, ravine produced by the violent rushing of water, Curt. 5, 4 fin. (shortly before: vorago concursu cavata torrentium); 6, 4 fin.
In plur. (with voragines), id. 8, 11. Trop., of a ruinous law: ad illam labem atque eluviem civitatis pervenire, Cic. Dom. 20, 53 fin.
eluvio
ēlŭvĭo, ōnis, f. id., older form of eluvies, a washing away, overflowing, inundation: aquarum eluviones, Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: eluviones et exustiones terrarum, Cic. Rep. 6, 21, 23; id. Off. 2, 5, 16.
eluxurior
ē-luxŭrĭor, āri, v. dep. n., to put forth luxuriantly: vites pampinis, Col. Arb. 3, 2.
Elvina
Elvīna, ae, v. Helvina.
Elymais
Ĕlymāis, ĭdis, f., = Ἐλυμαΐς, a district of Persia, in the west of the modern province of Iran, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 111 al.
Hence, Ĕlymaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἐλυμαῖος, Elymaean, Liv. 37, 40.
Plur. subst.: Ĕlymaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elymaïs, Liv. 35, 48 al.
Elysii
Elysii, ōrum, m. A people of Eastern Germany, between the Oder and the Vistula, Tac. G. 43. The Elysian Fields, v. the foll. II.
Elysium
Ēlysĭum, ii, n., = Ἠλύσιον, the abode of the blest, Elysium, Verg. A. 5, 735 Serv.; 6, 542; 744 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 6, 675 sq.; and ejusd. libri Exc. VIII. p. 1019 Wagn.
Hence, Ēlysĭus, a, um, adj., Elysian: campi, Verg. G. 1, 38; Tib. 1, 3, 58; Ov. Ib. 175; cf. ager, Mart. 10, 101: plagae, id. 6, 58: domus, Ov. M. 14, 111; cf. sedes, Luc. 3, 12: Chaos, Stat. Th. 4, 520: rosae, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60. puella, i. e. Proserpine, Mart. 10, 24. Subst.: Elysii, ōrum, m. (sc. campi), the Elysian Fields, Mart. 9, 52; Luc. 6, 699.