ēlectrix she that selects; chooses ēlectrum Amber; A mixed metal; resembling amber in color 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; nice; fine ēlĕganter adv. ēlĕgantia A being nice; particular; exquisiteness; fastidiousness; Taste; propriety; refi… ĕlĕgātus an unknown kind of fish ĕlĕgi elegiac verses; an elegy ĕlĕgīa An elegy; A kind of reed ĕlĕgīăcus adj. elegiac ĕlĕgīdārĭon a short elegy ĕlĕgīdĭon a short elegy ĕlĕgīon an elegiac poem; an elegy ēlēgo 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 ĕlenchus A costly trinket; ear-pendant; part of the title of a work of; a review; refuta… ēlentesco v. inch. n. to become clammy; soft ĕlĕphans ĕlĕphantĭa ĕlĕphantĭăsis a very virulent kind of leprosy; elephantiasis; One who l... elephanticus Ĕlĕphantīne a small but very fertile island of the Nile; in the Theba... 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 Ēlēus Ĕlĕūs Ĕleusin a very ancient city of Attica; famous for its mysteries o... Eleusĭum a female name ĕleuthĕrĭa liberty Eleutheri Cadurci Ĕleuthĕrĭus the surname of a god; the festival of Jupiter Eleutherius... Ĕleuthĕrŏcĭlĭces a people; the aborigines; in the mountains of Cilicia ēlĕvātĭo A lifting up; raising ēlĕvātor one who raises up; a deliverer ēlĕvo v. a. to lift up; raise; carry away Ēlĭas Ēlīās Elijah; a prophet of the Jews; Elias ēlĭces a trench for drawing off water; a drain ēlĭcĭo v. a. to draw out; entice out; to lure forth ēlĭcĭtus Ēlĭcĭus a surname of Jupiter; because from him celestial signs; o... Ēlĭdensis ēlīdo v. a. To knock; strike; dash out; To break; dash to pieces; to shatter ēlĭgans ēlĭgo v. a. to pick out; choose; elect; picked; selected; select; choice; chosen of God; el… ēlīmātĭo a filing away; an elucidation; explanation; A reducing; lessening ēlīmātor a cleanser; purifier Ĕlĭmēa a district to the southwest of Macedonia ēlīmes ēlīmĭno v. a. to turn out of doors; to go out; to move out ēlīmo v. a. to file up; to polish; To lessen; diminish; elaborate ēlimpĭdo v. a. to cleanse out; make quite clean ēlinguātĭo ēlinguis adj. deprived of a tongue ēlinguo v. a. to deprive of the tongue ēlĭno v. a. to bedaub; defile; to cleanse completely ēlĭquāmen ēlĭquātĭo a liquefying; dissolving ēlĭquātus adj. clear.— Comp ēlĭquesco v. inch. n. to become liquid ēlĭquĭum An outlet; A decrease; diminution ēlĭquo v. a. To clarify; strain; simplex Ēlis the most westerly district of the Peloponnesus; with a ca... 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 ēlixus adj. thoroughly boiled; boiled; seethed; soaked; wet through; quite flabby 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 ellĕbŏrus hellebore ellipsis an ellipsis ellops ellum ellychnĭum a lamp-wick ēlŏco 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