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essĕda, ae, f., v. essedum.

essĕdārĭus, a, um, adj. [essedum], of or belonging to a war-chariot: mulier, Petr. 45, 7.
Hence, as subst.: essedari-us, i, m.

  1. I. A fighter in a (Gallic or British) war-chariot, Caes. B. G. 4, 24, 1; 5, 15, 1; 5, 19, 1; Cic. Fam. 7, 6 fin.
  2. II. In the Roman circus, a gladiator, Petr. 36, 6; Suet. Calig. 35; id. Claud. 21; Inscr. Orell. 2566; v. essedum.

Essēdŏnes, um, m., = Ἐσσηδόνες, a Scythian people on the river Tanais, Mel. 2, 1, 2; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 88 al.† † essĕdum, i, n. (in the poets, on account of the metre, as plur. only: esseda, ōrum, v. the foll.—essĕda, ae, f.: essedas transcurrentes, Sen. Ep. 56; cf.: bigae, quadrigae) [a Celtic word], a two-wheeled war-chariot of the Gauls and Britons (cf.: raeda, cisium, currus, vehiculum), Caes. B. G. 4, 32 sq.; 5, 9, 3; 5, 16, 2; 5, 19, 1; Verg. G. 3, 204; afterwards also among the Romans for pomp and show, and in sham fights, Cic. Phil. 2, 24; id. Att. 6, 1 fin.; Suet. Aug. 76; id. Calig. 51; Prop. 2, 1, 76; 2, 32, 5 (3, 30, 5 M.); Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 192 al.

essentĭa, ae, f. [sum], the being or essence of a thing; transl. of the Gr. οὐσία: haec interpretatio (rhetorices) non minus dura est, quam illa Flavii essentia atque entia, Quint. 2, 14, 2; 3, 6, 23; 8, 3, 33: cupio, propitiis auribus tuis, essentiam dicere. Ciceronem auctorem hujus verbi habeo, Sen. Ep. 58, 6.

essentĭālĭter, adv. [essentia], essentially (late Lat.), Aug. de Trin. 7, 2.

Essŭi, ōrum, m., a Gallic tribe, perhaps identical with the Esubii and Sesuvii, west of the Sequana, acc. to G. Long, in the modern diocese of Séez, Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 2.

1. ēsŭrĭo (ess-), no perf., ītum, īre (fut. esuribo, Pompon. and Nov. ap. Non. 479 sq.; Pompon. v. 64; Nov. v. 22 Rib.), v. desid. n. and a. [1. edo], to desire to eat, to suffer hunger, be hungry, to hunger.

  1. I. Lit. (class.), Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 86; 4, 4, 4; id. Cas. 3, 6, 6 et saep.; Cic. Tusc. 5, 34; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 2, 115; 1, 3, 93 et saep.: esuriendi semper inexplebilis aviditas, canine hunger, Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283.
    In the part. fut. act.: (spes est) nos esurituros satis, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 28.
    Poet. in the pass.: nil ibi, quod nobis esuriatur, erit, which I should long for, Ov. Pont. 1, 10, 10.
    1. B. Transf., Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12: vellera esuriunt, i. e. imbibe the color, id. 9, 39, 64, § 138.
  2. II. Trop. (post-Aug.): quid tibi divitiis opus est, quae esurire cogunt? Curt. 7, 8, 20.
    Act.: aurum, Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134 (dub. Jan. usurpasset).
    Adv.: ēsŭrĭen-ter, hungrily, App. M. 10, p. 246.

2. ēsŭrĭo (ess-), ōnis, m. [1. esurio], a hungry person, Petr. 44, 2.
In a punning jest, with saturio, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 23.