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Eager

Eager for s.t.:  alicuius rei avidus, -a, -um (Er)

Ear

To lend an ear:  aurem praebere (H)

I’m all ears:  perpurgatis auribus audio (AG)

To have one's ears filled with s.t.:  aliqua re aures imbutas habere (AG)
     His ears were filled with philosophical arguments:  aures disputationibus philosophiae imbutas habebat.   

Earn

Honestly earned:  bene partus, -a, -um (L)

Honest earnings:  bene parta

Ill gotten gains:  male parta

Earth (Com. I.L.R. 8)

De Terra
     Concerning the Earth

Terrae superficies alicubi uda seu uvida est, uliginossa, irrigua, herbida;   alicubi arida, exsucca [exsucta?], petrosa, confragosa.
     The surface of the earth is in some places moist, or wet, marshy, full of water, full of vegetation;   in other places it is arid, dried out, rocky, rugged.

Nonnullibi planities (campus) campestris longe lateque extenditur;  alibi montes, valles ac convalles et petrae conspiciuntur;  hic tumuli leviter assurgunt, illic depressiora loca, hiatus, antra / cavernae et speluncae subsidunt.
     In some places an open plain spreads far and wide;  elsewhere mountains, dales and valleys, and rocks are seen;  here low hills [knolls] rise gently, there low-lying areas, clefts, grottos / caverns and caves sink down.

Colles ac clivi cacumen (fastigium) versus euntibus acclives sunt, declives retro (descendentibus a supercilio per dorsum / latus ad radices montis).
      Hills and slopes are up-hill for those who are going toward the peak (summit) and down-hill [for those going] back (for those descending from the brow along the "back" / side to the foot of the mountain).

Terrae motus a subterraneis flatibus :  qui si prorumpant foras, labes fiunt.
     Earthquakes [are caused by] subterranean blasts :  which, if they burst outward, become landslides.

Glebam, si teris et frias, pulvis est;  si diluis et maceras, lutum.  
      If you rub or crumble a clod of earth, it becomes dust;   if you dissolve or soak it with water, [it becomes] mud.     

Easy

To take it easy:  animo otioso esse (T)

Just take it easy:  animo otioso esto!  (T)

It’s easy:  in proclivi est  (T)

Easy-going:  facilis/   clemens (T)

Easier said than done:  facilius lingua dicitur quam factis fit (Pl)

Easy:  proclivis, -e

Easily:  procliviter (AG)

Eat

Eat s.o. out of house and home:  aliquem exedere (T)

To eat one’s fill:  edere adfatim (Pl)

Good to eat:  edulis, -e (Com)

Eater

To be a big eater:  multi cibi esse (T)

Ecstatic

To be ecstatic:  laetitia exultare (P)

Edge

To push over the edge:  praecipitare (J)

Educate

Educated:  litteratus, -a, -um (AG)

Semi-educated:  semidoctus, -a, -um (AG)

Effect

To this effect:  ad hoc exemplum (Pl)
      I replied to this effect, that swallows are the progeny of Philomela and Procne:  ego ad hoc exemplum respondi, natas ex Philomela et Procne esse hirundines.

To make s.t. of no effect:  aliquid frustrare (F)
     He made the army's strength of no effect:  robur exercitus frustravit.

Effort

To make an effort:  conitor, -i, -nixus sum

            If I had made an effort:  siquidem conixus essem (Pl)

Waste one’s efforts:  operam conterere (T)/  nugas agere (Pl)

To make every effort:  omni pede stare (Quint) 

An effort should be made to / not to....  adnitendum est, ut/ ne + subj (Er)

Egg

To egg s.o. on to….:  instigare aliquem ad…. (T)

Either

Either:  adeo (Pl)
     What do I owe you, or that person either?  quid tibi debeo, aut adeo isti?
      He doesn't visit his mother or me either:  nec matrem visit neque adeo me.

Either one or both:  alter ambove (AG)
      Either one or both of his parents were slaves:  eius parentes alter ambove servitutem servierunt.

Else

Is there anything else?/  Anything else I can do for you?   numquid vis?  (T) (Er)

Is there anything else:  numquid aliud? (T)

Embarrass

To be embarrassed:  perturbari (C)/  permoveri (C)  confundi (P)

Without embarrassment:  salva fronte (Er)

Financial embarrassment:  necessitas pecuniaria (F)

Embarassed:  confusus, -a, -um (P)

Embarrass de richesse

An embarrass de richesse:  cena dubia (T)

Employer

An employer/ one who hires:  conductor (Pl)

Empty

Empty-handed:  inanis -is, -e (Pl) 
     I will carry it.   You go before me empty-handed:  ego baiulabo.  tu ante me ito inanis.

Empty-headed:  levis, -e (AG)

Enclose

To enclose something in something:  implicare aliquid in aliqua re (Fr)

Encounter

To encounter/ meet with s.t. unpleasant:  aliquid oppetere (Pl)

End

To end in….  exire in (+ acc)  (H)

            To end in a tail:  exire in caudam

To put an end to s.t.:  finem facere alicui rei

In the end:  denique

            How I feared what would happen in the end:  ut metui quid futurum denique esset! (T)

To end up:  abire

            I wondered whether he would end up this way:  mirabar hoc si sic abiret (T)

To end up/ turn out:  discedere

            It ended up:  discessum est

To end up:  exire (S)

How/ where will it end?   Quo evadet?  (Pl)

In the end:  tandem (T)

To end it all (i.e. to commit suicide):  vitam a corpore secludere (PL)

Endearment, terms of

Some terms of endearment found in Plautus, used of a woman speaking to a man:
ocellus aureus
donum decusque amoris
aniticula
columba
catellus
hirundo,
monerula
passerculus putillus

Endowed

To be endowed with … characteristics:  moribus … inbutus esse (Fr)

Endure

To endure (trans):  perferre (T) 

Enemy

To be one’s own worst enemy:  sibi adversarius esse (AG)

Energy

To expend energy:  operam sumere (T)

Energetic:  acer, acris, acre:  (Er)

Engage

To be engaged in:   versari + abl

Engineer

An engineer:  architectonus, -i (AG:  word spelled in Greek letters by AG)

A chief engineer:  magister architechtonorum (AG)

Enjoy

To enjoy oneself.:  sibi suaviter facere (P)  /  animo obsequi (T)  genio indulgere (Er)

To reap enjoyment :  decerpere fructus (H)

Enough

Enough, sufficiently:  affatim

To have enough/more than enough of s.t.:  obsaturari alicuius rei

Enough!  Pax! (T)

Enough said!  Pax!  (T)

That's enough!  iam sat est (Pl)

Enough (of whatever):  affatim + noun in gen. (Pl)
       There are enough people who have nothing to do:  adfatim est hominum, quibus nihil est negotii.

How much is enough?  quantum est satis?  (Pl)

How many are enough?  quot sunt satis?  (Pl)

More than enough:  plus satis (Er)
     There's more than enough food:  est plus satis cibi. 

Enter

To enter on (some activity or state of being):  capesso -3 -sivi, -situm (AG)

To enter into marriage:  matrimonium capessere (AG)

To enter into politics:  rem publicam capessere 

Entertain

To entertain with a sumptuous dinner:  polluceo, -ere, -luxi, -luctum (Pl)

To entertain (i.e. amuse) s.o.:  aliquem oblectare (Pl)

Entertaining:  delectabilis, -e (AG)
     He invented humorous and entertaining fables:  festivos delectabilesque apologos commentatus est.

To entertain the thought that....  in animum inducere + indirect statement (T)

Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm:  studium

Fanatical enthusiasm:  furor (Fr)

Fired with great enthusiasm:  magno impetu instinctus (F)

Entice

To entice:  pertrahere (P)

Entire

Entirely:  in solidum (Er)
     I prefer to fight alone, so that the glory can be mine entirely:  malo monomachein, ut laus in solidum sit mea.

Entourage

Entourage:  pompa –ae (T)

Entrust

To entrust s.t. to s.o.:  alicui aliquid credere (T) 

Envelope

To push the envelope:  audacius progredi (Fr)

Envious/ jealous

To be envious of s.o.:  alicui aemulari (C)

Equal

Equal to:  par ac (T)

            He has wisdom equal to his beauty:  parem sapientiam habet ac formam

Equally:  ex aequo (S)

Equip

To be well-equipped:  pulchre instructus esse (T)

To equip:  ornare (AG)
     Equipped with scientific studies:  scientiae studiis ornati

To equip oneself with s.t.:  se instruere aliqua re (S)

Equipment:  ornatus, -us (Pl)

A man's "equipment":  ornatus, -us (Pl)

To equip s.t.:  aliquid adornare (Er)

Equivocation

An equivocation:  verbum perplexabile (Pl)

Eradicate

To eradicate:  excidere (H)

Escape

A means of escape:  refugium (F)

Especially

Especially:  potissimum (P)  praecipue (S)
     You should avoid this especially:  hoc tibi praecipue vitandum

Especially:  imprimis (S)
       I have retired from affairs, especially my own affairs:  secessi a rebus, et imprimis meis rebus

Essential

The essential point:  summa rei (S)
     You do indeed grasp the essential point:  summam quidem rei pervides.

Establish

To become established (of words, customs, etc)  inroborare (AG)

Estrange

To become estranged from s.o.:  alicui alienari. (F)

Evaluate

To evaluate s.t.:  aliquid censere (AG)

Even

To get even with s.o.:  ulcisci aliquem (Pl)

To get even for s.t.:  ulcisci aliquid (T)
       I'll get even with you for the wrong you've done me:  iniurias tuas ulciscar.

Evesdrop

To evesdrop on s.o:  subauscultare aliquem (Pl)

Evidentally

Evidently:  nempe (Pl)

Exactly

As exactly as…  non secus ac/ atque

Exactly!  Admodum! (T)

Exactly as:  proinde ut (Pl)

Exactly as if:  proinde quasi (AG)  proinde ac si (Pl)

Exactly as:  non secus ac/ atque

Examine

To examine s.o,/ s.t.:  aliquem/ aliquid explorare (AG)   aliquid excutere (Er)

Example

To offer examples:  exempla proferre

For example:  ut puta  (Tr)

To follow s.o.'s example:  alicuius mores persequi (Pl)

To take as an example:  exemplum sumere (T)

Exceedingly/ excessively

Exceedingly:  supra modum (Er)

excessively:  plus satis (Er) 

Excell

Excell s.o.:  antecedo + dat (P)

Excell s.o. at s.t.:  praecedere aliquem aliqua re

Excellent!  optime! (Pl)

Excellent:  praecellens, -ntis (AG)
    An excellent poet in terms of talent and expression:  poeta ingenio et facundia praecellens 

Except

Without any exception:  sine ulla exceptione (AG)

Except:  demptus, -a, -um, used in ablative absolute constructions:
      Everybody is being invited to dinner, except Mark:  omnes ad cenam, Marco dempto, vocantur. 

Excess / Excessive

Excessive:  nimius, -a, -um (T)  immodicus -a, -um (AG)  supervacuus, -a, -um (P)
       I am selling my excess stuff:  res meas supervacuas vendo.

Excessively:  impendio/  impense  (AG)  immodice (AG)

Excited

To be excited:  commotus esse (T)

Excuse

A very good excuse:  iustissima causa (C) 

Exemption

Exemption:  excusatio, -onis (AG)

To earn an exemption:  excusationem mereri (AG)

Exercise

Exercise:  exercitamentum, -i (Er)

To do s.t. with no exercise of judgement:  aliquid facere sine ullo iudicii negotio (AG)

Physical exercise:  exercitus gymnasticus (Pl)

Exert

Exert oneself in doing s.t.:  moliri in aliquo faciendo (AG)

Exhaust

To exhaust:  enecare/ enicare (T)

            You are exhausting me:  me enicas

To exhaust someone:  aliquem detero, 3, -trivi, -tritum (T)

Expect / expectation

To expect (i.e. demand s.t. of s.o.)  postulare (Pl)
      Do you expect your husband to be your slave?  postulas virum tibi servire?
Don’t expect…!  noli postulare….! (T)

Contrary to expectation:  praeter opinionem (C)

To surpass one's expectation:  opinionem vincere (C)
     The kind of writing you did surpassed my expectation:  genus scriptorum tuorum vicit opinionem meam

Expel

To expel a student:  discipulum amovere (Pl)

Expense

To cut back expenses:  sumptus circumcidere (AG)

To reduce expenses:  sumptus levare (T)

To incur expenses:  sumptum facere (Pl)

Expensive:  sumptuosus, -a, -um

            He has an expensive girlfriend:  habet amicam sumptuosam (T)

At my (/your/ his etc) expense:  de mea (/tua/ eius) pecunia (Pl)  sumptu meo (/meo/ eius) (T)

Very expensive:  percarus, -a, -um (T)

Expense:  iactura, -ae (F)
      Fabius said that the place could be taken at the expense of a few men:  Fabius dixit locum iactura paucorum capi posse. 

For expenses:  in sumptum/ sumptus (T)
      Take this money for your expenses:  accipe hoc argentum in sumptus

Experience 

Wide experience in affairs:  plurimus rerum usus (C)

Experiment

To learn / find out by experiment:  experiri (P)
      I wanted to find out by experiment whether the whole family sang:  volui experire an tota familia cantaret. 

Expert

To be an expert (in some practical pursuit):  magnus artifex esse +abl of respect (Er)

Explode

To "explode" with some emotion:  dirrumpi (T) 

Expose/ Exposure

To expose (a part of the body):  aperire -ui -ertum (Pl) (Ov)

To expose s.o. to s.t.:  obiicere aliquem alicui rei (Pl)

Exposed/ unprotected:  proiecticius, -a, -um (Pl)

To be exposed:  esse expositicius (Er)

To expose (some fact)  palam facere  (Pl)
     I shall expose his crimes:  eius scelera palam faciam

To escape exposure:  delitescere (Fr)

To expose s.t. / leave s.t. exposed:  aliquid nudare (F)

Express

To express:  effingere (P)   

To express:   expromere (Fr) (AG)
     They were expressing their own opinions:  quae ipsi opinebantur expromebant.

Expression

To change one's (facial) expression:  vultum movere (P)

Ex tempore

An ex tempore speech:  oratio subita (M)

Extent

To this extent:  in hunc modum (Pl)

To what extent:  quemnam usque ad finem (AG)

Exterior

The exterior/ the surface:   frons, frontis (S)
     Inside we must be different in all respects, but our exterior ought to conform to society:   Intus omnia dissimilia sint, frons populo nostra conveniat. 

Extraordinary

Extraordinarily:  insigniter (Pl) 

Extreme

To go to extremes:  nimis vehemens esse in unam partem (T)

Extreme:  summus, -a, -um (AG)
     Extreme greed:  summa avaritia 

Extricate

To extricate oneself from trouble:  se emergere malis (T)

To extricate oneself from something:  se emergere ex aliqua re (T)

Exuberant

Exuberant:  effervescens (AG)
      The exuberant energy of his voice:  impetus vocis effervescens

Eye/ eyesight 

To cast one’s eye upon:  oculos coniicere in ….  (CN)

Eye-opener:  anatheoresis  (C)

To have an eye for a good looking guy/girl:  formosissimo/ ae favere (Er)

To keep an eye on:  observare (Pl)

To keep an eye out for s,o, s.t.:  aliquem/ aliquid aucupari (Pl)

To look/see from the corner of one’s eye:  limis oculis aspicere/ conspicere  (Pl)

To do something with one’s eyes open:  aliquid facere scientem/ prudentem (WS)

I saw with my own eyes:  hisce oculis vidi  (T)

To open someone’s eyes (to some truth):  oculos alicui aperire (Fr)

To feast one’s eyes:  oculos pascere (T)

To make eyes (i.e., a love gesture):  oculos iactare (L)

My eyesight isn't very good:  oculi parum prospiciunt (T)

To turn a blind eye to s.t.:  aliquid praetermittere (T)

Not ot have eyes at the back of one's head:  esse occipiti caeco (Pr)

To knock someone's eye out:  aliquem exoculare (Pl)

Fluttering eyelids:  oculi morsicantes   (Ap).

Eyes askance:  oculi limi (Ap).

Eyebrows

With raised eyebrows:  sublatis superciliis (Er)

Eyelids

Fluttering eyelids:  oculi morsicantes (Ap),