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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

escunt, for erunt, v. sum init.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

* 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.

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.

* 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.

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.