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ēlectrix she that selects; chooses ēlectrum Amber; an amber ball; A mixed metal; resembling amber in color; an article made… ēlectrus adj. of amber Ēlectrus son of Perseus and father of Alcmena ēlectŭārĭum ēlectus P. a. choice; excellent; ēlectus a choice; N. cr ĕlĕēmŏsўna alms ēlĕgans adj. effeminate; nice; choice; fine; neat ēlĕganter adv. ēlĕgantia A being nice; particular; exquisiteness; fastidiousness; Taste; propriety ĕlĕgātus an unknown kind of fish ĕlĕgi elegiac verses; an elegy ĕlĕgīa An elegy; A kind of reed ĕlĕgī^ăcus adj. elegiac ĕlĕgīdārĭon a short elegy ĕlĕgīdĭon a short elegy ĕlĕgīon an elegiac poem; an elegy ē-lēgo v. a. to convey away; by bequest; to bequeath away ĕlĕgus adj. elegiac ĕlĕgus Ēlēïs adj. Ĕlĕleus a surname of Bacchus ĕlĕlisphăcos a kind of sage ĕlĕmentārĭus adj. belonging to the elements; rudiments; elementary ĕlĕmentīcĭus adj. elementary; elemental ĕlĕmentum a first principle; element; in plur; The alphabet; the first principles ĕlenchus A costly trinket; ear-pendant; part of the title of a work of; a review; refuta… ē-lentesco v. inch. n. to become clammy; soft ĕlĕphans ĕlĕphantĭa ĕlĕphantĭăsis a very virulent kind of leprosy; elephantiasis; One who labors under it elephanticus Ĕlĕphantīne a small but very fertile island of the Nile; in the Thebaid; with a city of the… ĕlĕphantĭnus adj. Belonging to the elephant; of ivory ĕlĕphantĭōsis Ĕlĕphantis An island of the Nile; The name of a licentious Greek poetess ĕlĕphantus an elephant; elephas; ivory; the elephantiasis; a sea-fish Ēlēus Ĕlĕūs Ĕleusin a very ancient city of Attica; famous for its mysteries of Ceres; Lepsina; Eleu… Eleusĭum a female name ĕleuthĕrĭa liberty Eleutheri Cadurci Ĕleuthĕrĭus the surname of a god; the festival of Jupiter Eleutherius; feast of liberty Ĕleuthĕrŏcĭlĭces a people; the aborigines; in the mountains of Cilicia ēlĕvātĭo A lifting up; raising; the elevation; a lessening; disparaging; ēlĕvātor one who raises up; a deliverer ē-lĕvo v. a. to lift up; raise; carry away; disperse; tall Ēlĭas Ēlīās Elijah; a prophet of the Jews; Elias; Elia ēlĭces a trench for drawing off water; a drain ē-lĭcĭo v. a. to draw out; entice out; to lure forth; to bring out; to elicit ēlĭcĭtus Ēlĭcĭus a surname of Jupiter; because from him celestial signs; omens were obtained; he… Ēlĭdensis ē-līdo v. a. To knock; strike; dash out; to tear out; to force out ēlĭgans ē-lĭgo v. a. to pick out; choose; elect; to choose; make a proper selection ēlīmātĭo a filing away; an elucidation; explanation; A reducing; lessening ēlīmātor a cleanser; purifier Ĕlĭmēa a district to the southwest of Macedonia ēlīmes ē-līmĭno v. a. to turn out of doors; to go out; to move out ē-līmo v. a. to file up; to polish; To elaborate; cultivate; to finish; perfect ē-limpĭdo v. a. to cleanse out; make quite clean ēlinguātĭo ē-linguis adj. deprived of a tongue; speechless; without eloquence ē-linguo v. a. to deprive of the tongue ē-lĭno v. a. to bedaub; defile; to cleanse completely ēlĭquāmen ēlĭquātĭo a liquefying; dissolving ēlĭquātus adj. clear.— Comp ē-lĭquesco v. inch. n. to become liquid ēlĭquĭum An outlet;; A decrease; diminution; ē-lĭquo v. a. To clarify; strain; to recite slowly; without energy; simplex Ēlis the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus; with a capital of the same name… ēlīsĭo A striking out; forcing out; the striking out of a letter; elision Ĕlissa Dido; Carthaginian ēlīsus Elius ēlix a channel for diverting a stream ēlixātūra a thorough boiling;; any thing boiled ēlixo v. a. to boil thoroughly; seethe ē-lixus adj. thoroughly boiled; boiled; seethed; soaked; wet through ellĕbŏrīne a kind of hellebore ellĕbŏrismus a purgative made from hellebore ellebŏrītes hellebore wine ellĕbŏro v. a. to purify with hellebore ellĕbŏrōsus adj. in need of hellebore; out of his senses: Gr; Tr; Gr ellĕbŏrus hellebore ellipsis an ellipsis ellops ellum ellychnĭum a lamp-wick ē-lŏco v. a. to let; hire out; to let out to farm ēlŏcūtĭlis adj. oratorical ēlŏcūtĭo a speaking out; utterance; expression; oratorical delivery; elocution; ēlŏcūtōrĭus adj. pertaining to oratorical expression; rhetoric ēlŏcūtus