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aescŭlētum (not esc-), i, n. [aesculus],

  1. I. a forest of winter or Italian oaks, and poet., in gen., an oak-forest, Hor. C. 1, 22, 14.
  2. II. Esp.: Aescŭlētum, i, n., a place in Rome, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 152 Müll.; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37.

aescŭlĕus (not esc-), a, um, adj. [aesculus], of the Italian oak, and poet., in gen., of oak: aesculeae capiebat frondis honorem, i. e. an oaken garland, Ov. M. 1, 449; so Pall. 1, 9.

* aescŭlīnus (not esc-), a, um, adj. [aesculus], = aesculeus, Vitr. 7, 1.

aescŭlus (not esc-), i, f. [may be connected with edo = to eat, as fagus = beech, φηγός = oak, with φαγεῖν, but the diphthong presents a difficulty; v. Curt. p. 187], the tallest species of oak, the winter or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter, Verg. G. 2, 16; 291; ef. Voss. ad h. l.: nec mollior aesculo, Hor. C. 3, 10, 17 al.

Aesernĭa (Es-), ae, f., a town in Samnium, on the river Vulturnus, now Isernia, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 2; Vell. 1, 14; Liv. Epit. 72, 73 al.
Hence, Aesernīnus, a, um, adj. pertaining to or a native of, Æsernia: ager, Liv. 10, 31: turma, id. 44, 40.
Also a surname of M. Marcellus, who was taken prisoner there by the Samnites, Liv. Epit. 73; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 12.
Aesernīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Æsernia, Liv. 27, 10.
Aeserninus was also the name of a renowned gladiator; hence the proverb: Aeserninus cum Pacidiano, one champion against another, when two equally great men are compared together or engaged in mutual conflict, Lucil. ap. Non. 393, 28; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4; id. Opt. Gen. Orat. 6 (cf.: cum Bitho Bacchius, Hor. S. 1, 7, 20).

Drĕpăna, ōrum, n., = Δρέπανα, a town on the western coast of Sicily, now Trapani, Cato acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 3, 707, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Liv. 28, 41; Flor. 2, 2, 12.
Called also Drĕpănum, Verg. A. 3, 707, and Drĕpăne (es), f., Sil. 14, 269. The promontory in its neighborhood is called Promontorium Drepanum, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.
Drĕpănĭtānus, a, um, of Drepanum: pupilus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140.
Plur. as subst.: Drĕpănĭtāni, the inhabitants of the promontory of Drepanum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

Ē̆sāĭās, ae, m. [Heb.], the Jewish prophet Isaian, Lact. 4, 11, 10; Prud. στεφ. 5, 524.
Hence, Ēsāĭānus, a, um, adj., of Isaiah, Sulp. Sev. Ep. 2, 10.

esca, ae (gen. sing. escas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [for edca, v. esco, and edo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll.], food, both of men and beasts (class.; cf.: victus, cibus, cibaria, alimenta, edulia, opsonium, pulmentum; epulae, daps, etc.).

  1. I. In gen.
    1. A. Lit.: dii nec escis aut potionibus vescuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 28; id. Div. 1, 51; id. Fin. 2, 28; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 3, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 6, 98; Verg. G. 4, 17; Hor. S. 2, 2, 72 et saep.
      In plur., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 56; id. Men. 3, 1, 10; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Verg. A. 12, 475; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154.
    2. B. Trop.: tun’ vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas? Pers. 1, 22.
  2. II. In partic., bait for catching animals.
      1. 1. Lit., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 68; Mart. 4, 56; Petr. 3 fin.
      2. 2. Trop.: divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.

escālis, e, adj. [esca].

  1. I. Pertaining to food: argentum (with potorium), eatingvessels, Dig. 33, 10, 8.
  2. * II. Belonging to bait: vulnus, Poët. Anthol. Lat. 2, p. 453 Burm.

escārĭus, a, um, adj. [esca].

  1. I. Pertaining to food, eating: mensa, Varr. L. L. 5, § 120 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 77, 11 Müll.: vasa, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 198; cf. argentum, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12; 34, 2, 32, § 2; and absol.: escāria, ōrum, n., Juv. 12, 46: uvae, fit for eating, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 42.
  2. * II. Of or belonging to bait: vincla, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 18.

escātĭlis, e, adj. [esca], edible (postclass.), Tert. Poen. 5; id. adv. Marc. 1, 1.

ē-scendo (exs-), di, sum, 3, v. n. and a. [scando].

  1. I. Neutr., to climb up, mount up, ascend from a place (cf. ascendo init.; also: scando, peto, incedo, ingredior; rare but class.).
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Lit.: ex alto puteo ad summum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 14: in currum, id. Merc. 5, 2, 90: in caelum, id. Trin. 4, 2, 100; Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: in rotam, id. ib. 5, 9, 24 Klotz N. cr.: in rostra, id. Off. 3, 20, 80; cf.: in contionem, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; Liv. 8, 33: in malum (navis), id. 30, 25 fin.: in equum, id. 23, 14, 2; 30, 18, 5: in navem, Nep. Them. 8, 6 Nipperd. (for the more usual conscendo).
      2. 2. Trop.: ut ad nos contemptus Samnitium pervenit, supra non escendit, Liv. 7, 30.
    2. B. In partic., = ἀναβαίνειν, to go up from the sea-coast: Pergamum, Liv. 35, 13, 6: legati Delphos cum escendissent, etc., id. 29, 11, 5.
  2. II. Act., to mount, ascend a thing: pars equos escendere, Sall. J. 97, 5: vehiculum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 23: suggestum, Tac. A. 13, 5; cf. rostra, id. ib. 15, 59.

ēscensĭo, ōnis, f. [escendo],

  1. I. an ascension, a mounting, climbing, going up: adversus regem escensionem a Paesto facientem pugnare, Liv. 8, 17, 9: in agrum Uticensem, id. 27, 5, 8: ad urbem, id. 27, 29, 7; 28, 8, 8; 37, 17, 3.
    Plur.: in agros, Liv. 29, 28, 5.
  2. II. Esp., a disembarkation, landing: ab navibus in terram, Liv. 22, 20, 4: classis escensionem ad populandum fecit, id. 44, 10, 11.

* ēscensus, ūs, m. [escendo], a mounting, ascending, only in abl. sing., Tac. A. 13, 39 Nipperd. (al. ascensu).

† eschăra, ae, f., = ἐσχάρα.

  1. I. The base or pedestal of a military engine, Vitr. 10, 17, 20.
  2. II. In medic. lang., a scar, scab, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 1 fin.

† eschărōsis, ĕos, f., = ἐσχάρωσις, the formation of a scab, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 118.

eschărōtĭcus, a, um, adj. [eschara], = ἐσχαρωτικός, producing a scar, escharotic, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1 fin.

* escĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [esca-fero], food-bringing: volucres, Paul. Nol. Carm. 19, 223.

escit, for erit, v. sum init.

* esco, āre, v. a. [for edsco, from edo, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 257], to eat: escandi gratia, Sol. 40 fin.

escŭlentus, a, um, adj. [for edsco, from edo, Corss. Ausspr. 2, 257], fit for eating, good to eat, eatable, edible, esculent; cf. poculentus: frusta, Cic. Phil. 2, 25 fin.; cf. id. N. D. 2, 49; 56 fin.; Scaev. ap. Gell. 4, 1, 17; Dig. 33, 9, 3. § 3: animalia (with innocua), Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219: merces, Col. 11, 3, 50: ōs, i. e. filled with food. Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 90.
Comp.: a vino et esculentioribus cibis abstinere, i. e. more delicate, Hier. Ep. 22, 11.

escŭlētum, escŭlĕus, escŭlīnus, and escŭlus, v. aesc-.

escunt, for erunt, v. sum init.

ēsĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [1. edo], to be wont to eat, to eat (ante- and post-class.): brassicam, Cato R. R. 157, 10 (cited in Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 83; Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; Gell. 4, 11, 1 and 9.

* ēsor, ōris, m. [1. edo], an eater: prandiorum optimorum, Front. de Fer. Alsiens. 3.

† ĕsox, ŏcis, m., = ἴσοξ, a fish of the Rhine, a kind of pike, Plin. 9, 15, 17, § 44 (dub. Jan. isox).

Esquĭlĭae (less correctly, Exqui-liae, Aesquiliae), ārum, f. [perh. from aesculus, a kind of oak],

  1. I. the largest of the seven hills of Rome, with several separate heights (whence the plur. form); added to the city by Servius Tullius; now the heights of Santa Maria Maggiore, Varr. L. L. 5, § 49 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Ov. F. 3, 246; 6, 601; Prop. 3 (4), 23, 24; Hor. S. 1, 8, 14; Tac. A. 15, 40; Suet. Tib. 15; Juv. 11, 51 et saep. In earlier times low people were buried there; hence: atrae, Hor. S. 2, 6, 33.
  2. II. Derivv.,
    1. A. Esquĭlĭus (Exq-), a, um, adj., Esquiline: mons, i. q. Esquiliae, Ov. F. 2, 435.
    2. B. Esquĭlīnus (Exq-), a, um, adj., the same: tribus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 45 Müll.; Liv. 45, 15; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13 al.: porta, Tac. A. 2, 32 fin.; also simply, Esquilina, ae, f., Cic. Pis. 23 fin.: campus, Suet. Claud. 25: alites, i. e. birds of prey (which devoured the bodies of criminals executed on the Esquiline), Hor. Epod. 5, 100; cf. veneficium (for which human bones, etc., were brought from the Esquiline), id. ib. 17, 58.
    3. * C. Esquĭlĭārĭus (Exq-), a, um, adj., Esquiline: collis, Liv. 1, 48, 6.

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.

* estrix, īcis, f. [esor], a female glutton or gormandizer, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 20.

ēstur, for editur, v. 1. ĕdo init.

Esubĭi, ōrum, m. a Gallic tribe west of the Sequana, Caes. B. G. 3, 7 fin.; prob. the same as Essui, q. v.

* ēsŭrĭālis, e, adj. [esuries], of or belonging to hunger, comic.: venter gutturque resident esuriales ferias, are keeping hunger-holidays, i. e. have nothing to eal, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 8; quoted, Front. de Fer. Aliens. 3.

ēsŭrĭenter, adv., hungrily, v. I. esurio fin.

ēsŭrĭes, ēi, f. [1. esurio], hunger (postclass.).

  1. I. Lit., Hier. Ep. 125, 33; Alcim. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 28, 20.
  2. II. Trop.: avida ignorantiae, Sid. Ep. 6, 6.

* ēsŭrīgo, ĭnis, f. [1. esurio], hunger, Var. ap. Non. 106, 15.

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.

ēsŭrītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. esurio], a hungering, hunger (rare; not in Cic.), Cat. 23, 14; Gell. 16, 3, 3 sq.; Mart. 1, 100.
In plur, Cat. 21, 1.

* ēsŭrītor, ōris, m. [1. esurio], a hungry person, Mart. 3, 14, 1.

1. ēsus, a, um, Part., v. 1. edo.

2. ēsus, ūs, m. [1. edo],

  1. I. an eating (anteclass. and post-Aug.): esui condi, Varr. R. R. 1, 60; cf.: esui dare alicui, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 178: agni, Vulg. Exod. 12, 4: esui esse, Gell. 4, 1, 20: esum et potum eximere, Tert. Anim. 43.
  2. II. Concr., food, Alcim. 5, 258.

3. Ēsus (Hēsus), i, m., a Gallic deity, to whom human blood was offered, Inscr. Orell. 1993; Luc. 1, 445; Lact. 1, 21, 3.

ex-sūdo (exūdo, ēsūdo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

  1. * I. Neutr., to come out by sweating, to sweat out, exude: exsudat inutilis umor, Verg. G. 1, 88.
  2. II. Act., to discharge by sweating, to sweat out, exude.
    1. A. Lit.: cum oliva, quicquid habuit amurcae, exsudavit, Col. 12, 50, 3: acidum liquorem (caseus), id. 7, 8, 4: sucum (arbor), Plin. 24, 9, 37, § 57: esudatus liquor, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 16, 97.
    2. B. Trop., to perform with sweating or toil, to toil through, undergo (= agere, acquirere multo sudore): causas, Hor. S. 1, 10, 28; cf.: ingens certamen, Liv. 4, 13, 4: labores, Sil. 3, 531; Amm. 15, 5.

Īsaias (Esaias), ae, m., the prophet Isaiah, Paul. Nol. Carm. 23, 195; Prud. στεφ. 5, 524.
Form Esaias, Alcim. Carm. 6, 44.