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1. Ēlĭas, ădis, v. Elis, II. D.
2. 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.
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.
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.).
- I. Lit.
- A. 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.
- B. 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.
- II. 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.
ēlĭcĭtus, a, um, Part., v. elicio.
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.
Ēlĭdensis, v. Elis, II. E.
ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].
- I. To knock, strike, or dash out, to tear out, to force out, squeeze out.
- A. 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.
- B. 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.
- II. To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.
- A. 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.
- B. 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.
ēlĭgans, ēlĭgantia, ēlĭganter, v. eleg-.
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.
- I. 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.
- II. In eccl. Lat., chosen of God, elected to be saved, Vulg. Col. 3, 12 et saep.
ēlīmātĭo, ōnis, f. [elimo].
- I. Prop., a filing away: ligni, Marc. Emp. 4, 12.
- II. Transf., an elucidation, explanation, Justin. praef. 3 de Emend. Cod. § 3.
- III. A reducing, lessening: carnis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 11, 138.
ēlīmātor, ōris, m. [elimo], a cleanser, purifier (eccl. Lat.); of Christ, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 35.
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.
‡ ēlīmes [ex-limes], ἄποικος, παρόριος, Gloss. Philox.
ē-līmĭno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [limen], to turn out of doors (a poet. word, mostly ante- and post-class.).
- I. 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.
- * II. Trop.: dicta foras, to blab, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 25.
ē-līmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to file up, viz.,
- I. Prop.: elimata scobis, filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170.
- II. Transf., to polish.
- A. Lit., Ov. M. 4, 176; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12 fin.: dentes, to clean, Tert. Poen. 11.
- B. 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.
- III. 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.
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.
‡ ēlinguātĭo = γλωσσοτομία, Gloss. Philox.
ē-linguis, e, adj. [lingua].
- I. Lit., deprived of a tongue, Aus. Ep. 23, 14; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 15.
- II. Transf.
- A. 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.
- B. Pregn., without eloquence, Cic. Brut. 26, 100; Cels. praef. med.; Tac. Or. 36 fin. (opp. disertus).
ē-linguo, āre, v. a. [lingua], to deprive of the tongue, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 72; cf.: ELINGVATVS linguam amisit, Fronto de Diff. Voc. p. 2200 fin. P.
* 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).
(ēlĭquāmen, false read. in Col. 8, 14, 3, for liquamina.)
* ēlĭquātĭo, ōnis, f. [eliquo], a liquefying, dissolving: materiae, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 32, 166.
ēlĭquātus, a, um, adj. [eliquo], clear.
Comp.: sensa doctrinae, Mar. Mercat. in Verb. Jul. 9, 4.
* ē-lĭquesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [liqueo], to become liquid by being pressed out: olea, Varr. R. R. 1, 55, 4.
ēlĭquĭum, ii, n. [eliquo] (post-class.).
- I. An outlet; in plur., Sol. 18, 1.
- II. A decrease, diminution; in plur.: lunae (opp. adauctus), Sol. 23, § 22.
ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
- I. To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).
- A. Lit.: vinum a faecibus, Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.
- B. Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35: canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis, App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.
- II. (With the notion of the simplex predominating.)
- A. 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.
- B. To sift, examine thoroughly: scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla, Prud. Hamart. 260.
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:
- I. Elidem, Nep. Alcib. 4, 4; abl. usually Elide; but Eli, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; id. Fam. 13, 26, 2), f., = [?*H) = LIS
?]; 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.
- II. Derivv.
- A. 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.
- B. Ēlĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Elis, the Eleans, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 14.
- C. * Ēlēis, ĭdis, f., adj., Elean: humus, Verg. Cat. 11, 32 Heyne.
- D. * Ēlĭas, ădis, f., adj., Elean, poet. for Olympian: equae, Verg. G. 1, 59.
- E. * Ēlĭdensis, e, adj., of Elis: Phaedo, Gell. 2, 18, 1.
ēlīsĭo, ōnis, f. [elido].
- I. A striking out, forcing out: lacrimae, pressing out, Sen. Ep. 99, 18.
- II. In the later grammarians, the striking out of a letter, elision.
Ĕlissa or Ĕlīsa, ae, f., = Ἔλισσα, another name (occurring only in poetry) for
- I. Dido, Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.
Hence,
- II. Ĕlis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian: patres, Sil. 6, 346: tyrannus, i. e. Hannibal, id. 2, 239: lacerti, id. 15, 524.
ēlīsus, a, um, Part., from elido.
Elius, i, v. Elis, II. B.
ēlix, ĭcis, m. [elicio], a channel for diverting a stream: elix, ἀναπνοὴ ὀχετοῦ, Gloss.; usually in plur., v. elices.
ēlixātūra, ae, f. [elixo], a thorough boiling; concr., any thing boiled, Apic. 9, 1 al.
ēlixo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [elixus], to boil thoroughly, seethe (late Lat.), Apic. 2, 1; 3, 6 al.
ē-lixus, a, um, adj., [lix], thoroughly boiled, boiled, seethed.
- I. 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.
- II. 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.