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ēchēa, ōrum, n., = ἠχεῖα, vessels to increase the sound of the actors’ voices in a theatre, sounding-vessels, Vitr. 5, 5, 2 (1, 1, 9 written as Greek).

Echecrătes, ae, m., = Ἐχεκράτης, a Pythagorean philosopher, a contemporary of Plato, Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87.

ĕchĕnēis, ĭdis, f., = ἐχενηΐς, the sucking-fish, remora, Echeneis remora, Linn.; Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 79; 35, 1, 1, § 2 sq.; Luc. 6, 675; Ov. Hal. 99; Isid. 12, 6, 34.

ĕchidna, ae, f., = ἔχιδνα,

  1. I. an adder, viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their hair; hence: stipite te Stygio tumidisque adflavit Echidnis E tribus una soror, Ov. M. 10, 313.
  2. II. Nom. prop.
    1. A. Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 9, 69; 158; id. F. 5, 405.
    2. B. A monster, half woman and half serpent, the mother of Cerberus, Ov. M. 4, 501.
      Hence, Echidnēus, a, um, adj., of Echidna: canis, i. e. Cerberus, Ov. M. 7, 408.

Ĕchīnădes, um, f., = Ἐχινάδες, a small group of islands in the Ionian Sea, at the mouth of the Acheloüs, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 4, 12, 19, § 53; Ov. M. 8, 589.

ĕchīnātus, a, um, adj. [echinus, a hedge-hog], set with prickles, prickly: calyx, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 92: capitula echinata spinis, id. 27, 9, 47, § 71: folia, id. 22, 9, 11, § 24.

ĕchīnŏmētrae, ārum, m., = ἐχινομῆτραι, a sort of sea-urchin, Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100.

ĕchīnŏphŏra, ae, f., = ἐχινοφόρα, a sort of concha, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 147 (Sillig, actinophoroe).

ĕchīnŏpūs, ŏdis, m., = ἐχινόπους, a kind of thorn, otherwise unknown, Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18.

1. ĕchīnus, i, m., = ἐχῖνος, a hedgehog, urchin.

  1. I. Prop., usually the (edible) sea-urchin, Echinus esculentus, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Afran. ap. Non. 216, 11; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100 sq.; Hor. Epod. 5, 28; id. S. 2, 4, 33; 2, 8, 52; id. Ep. 1, 15, 23; Petr. 69, 7.
    The land-urchin (otherwise called erinaceus), Claud. Idyll. 2, 17; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 57.
  2. II. Transf., of things having a similar shape.
    1. A. A copper vessel for the table, perh. to wash out the cups in, a rinsing-bowl, Hor. S. 1, 6, 117, v. Heindorf, ad h. l.; id. ib. 2, 8, 52.
    2. B. The prickly husk of a chestnut, Calp. Ecl. 2, 83; Pall. Insit. 155.
    3. C. In archit., an ornament under the chapiter of a Doric or Ionic column, an echinus, Vitr. 4, 3, 4; 4, 7, 3; cf. Müller, Archaeol. § 277.

2. Ĕchīnus or -os, i, f., = Ἐχῖνος.

  1. I. A city of Phthiotis, in Thessaly, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28; Liv. 32, 33 al.
  2. II. A city of Acarnania, Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5.

1. ĕchĭon, i, n., = ἔχιον, a medicament prepared from the ashes of adders, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 119.

2. Ĕchīon, ŏnis, m.

  1. I. One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.
    Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.
    1. B. Derivv.
      1. 1. Echīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Echion, i. e. Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 513 and 701.
      2. 2. Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban: hydrus, i. e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343: dens, id. 7, 554: aula, id. 7, 301; cf. arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53: nomen, Verg. A. 12, 515; cf. plebs, Stat. Th. 1, 169: Bacchus, Pall. Insit. 45.
  2. II. A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.
    Hence,
    1. B. Echīŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., of Echion: lacerto, Ov. M. 8, 345.
  3. III. A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70.

ĕchĭos, i, f., = ἔχιος, viper’s bugloss, a plant which was taken as a remedy for the viper’s bite, Plin. 25, 9, 58, § 104.

ĕchis, is, m., a plant, called also pseudoanchusa, and doris, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

echīte, ēs, f., = ἐχίτη, a plant, a kind of clematis, Plin. 24, 15, 89, § 139.

ĕchītis, is, m., = ἐχίτης, adder-stone, Plin. 37, 11, 72, § 187.

ēcho, ūs, f., = ἠχώ, repercussion of sound, echo (pure Lat. imago), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 100; Pers. 1, 102; Aus. Mos. 297; id. Ep. 10, 23; 25, 68; Vulg. Sap. 17, 18.
Personified as a nymph, Ov. M. 3, 358 sq.; Aus. Epigr. 11, 7; 99, 1.

ēchōĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἠχωϊκός, echoing: elegi, Sid. Ep. 8, 11: metrum, in which one or more final syllables echo or rhyme to a preceding part of the verse, Serv. Centim. p. 1826 P. (cf. Burm. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 558).