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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 elocutio One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the mastery of stylistic elements. elogium a eulogy elogy Praise, eulogy; inscription on a tombstone, epitaph eloquency Synonym of eloquence. Elymais An ancient province usually considered part of Susiana in present-day Khuzestan, modern Iran emaciate To make extremely thin or wasted. emancipatrix A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator. emblema An inlaid ornament. emendator Someone who emends. Emesa Former name of Homs: a city in Syria. emissarium A drain or outlet. emphyteusis A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold emulatrix A female who emulates. emulge To milk out; to drain. emunge To wipe or cleanse, especially one's nose. enargia Vivid, lively description. -ene Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants. enomotarch The commander of an enomoty. entheate Divinely inspired. enucleate To remove the nucleus from (a cell). enunciator Someone who enunciates. eo ipso Through or by that very act or quality; thereby. epanalepsis The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter. ephelis Synonym of freckle. ephippium A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa. Epicharmus comic playwright and moralist from Kos (c. 530 – 450 BCE) epicorium The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae). Epiphania The ancient city of Hama. Epirot An inhabitant or a resident of ancient or modern Epirus, in northwest Greece and southern Albania. Epirote An inhabitant or descendant of Epirus. Epirotic Of or pertaining to Epirus. epistrophe The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. Epitherses A male given name epitomator Synonym of epitomizer, a writer of epitomes. e pluribus unum "out of many, one" or "from many, one" (alternatively translated as "one out of many" or "one from many”) epoche Moment of theoretical suspension of all action. eques A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians. equiparable comparable, equatable equison An equisonant note. Erechtheus A mythological king of Athens erga omnes In relation to everyone. ericius hedgehog Erigone Daughter of Aegisthus erration Wandering or straying. eruca Caterpillar; larva. erugate To remove wrinkles from. Erythrae A town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus Erythraea A town in ancient Crete. Erythraean Of, from or relating to Erythrae, Beotia -esce Used to form verbs from nouns, following the pattern of verbs derived from Latin verbs ending in -esco -escent beginning to be; becoming -esis Used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process. est modus in rebus It is best to live with moderation; it is best to find a middle ground. estuate To swell up or rage; to be agitated. esurient Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. et alii And others; used of males, or groups of mixed gender; masculine plural Ethiop A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia. Etnean Pertaining to Etna, a volcano in Sicily. et seq. And what follows, and following, and in the following [pages, sections, &c.]. et sim. And other similar items; and the like; and so on. et tu, Brute "You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expressing a recognition of betrayal. et ux. "and wife", or "and his wife" Euboic Synonym of Euboean. Eudocia A female given name from Ancient Greek. Eudoxia A female given name from Ancient Greek. Euhemerus An ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic philosopher, famed for a lost work proposing most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which became supernatural only through retelling. eulogia The practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent. -eum Noun-forming suffix found in words of Greek origin meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person” (indicated by the root word) Euneus Son of Jason and Hypsipyle. Euric A king of the Visigoths from 466 to 484. euripus A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia. Euryclea The daughter of Ops, granddaughter of Peisenor, and wet-nurse of Odysseus. Eurystheus A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, son of Sthenelus and grandson of Perseus, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles. Eutropius a male given name from Ancient Greek. evaginate To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside. evagination The act of evaginating. evanid Liable to vanish; faint; weak; evanescent. evestrum An astral body that originates at birth and is responsible for visions of the future, according to literature attributed to Paracelsus. evulsion The action of forcibly pulling something out. ex abundante cautela out of an abundance of caution. examinator An examiner. ex ante predicted; forecast exanthem A widespread rash usually occurring in children. exaration The act of writing. ex cathedra With authority based on one's rank or office. excecate To blind. excern excrete; give off excisor One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting. excusator One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. excuss To shake off. ex delicto Of a legal obligation: arising from a delict or tort, or some other wrongful act. exeat A license or permit for absence from a university or a religious house (such as a monastery). exestuate To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. exeunt omnes In plays, an instruction that all actors should leave the stage. ex facie From the face or appearance. exinanite To make (something) weak and ineffective; to enervate. exinanition An emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. exlex An outlaw. exodium Synonym of exode (“a comic performance after a tragedy”). ex officio By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.