EdoniA Thracian people who dwelt mostly between the Nestus and the Strymon rivers in southern Thrace, but also once dwelt west of the Strymon at least as far as the Axios.
ejurationRenouncement, rejection; resignation of one's position.
ejusdem generisA canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms.
elativeIn Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
EleaticOf or relating to a certain school in Elea of Ancient Greek philosophers who taught that reality is stable and unchanging and that real knowledge comes from reason rather than senses.
electantSomeone who has the power of choosing; an elector.
electrineOf or pertaining to amber, especially in having the ability to generate static electricity.
eleemosynousOf a gift or donation: made as an act of charity or almsgiving; charitable.
elegitA judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
elenchThat part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces or refutes an antagonist; a refutation.
elenchusA technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.
EleutheraeAn ancient fortified town on the border between Attica and Boeotia in ancient Greece.
EleutheriaA personification of liberty, represented on certain ancient coins, and sometimes denoting the goddess Artemis.