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Dactonus, BADRINUS.
The victory of Emperor Drusus, ARBALO. Drusus was a Roman general and the stepson of Emperor Augustus.
The letter E prefixed to Latin words beginning with S by the Spaniards and French, IBERIA, and SCALDIS.
The Britons pronounce E, the second vowel, with the same sound as we do I, the third vowel, HIBERNIA. A reference to the difference in pronunciation of Latin vowels in the British Isles compared to the Continent.
Ebion the heretic, COCABA. Ebion was the supposed founder of the Ebionites, an early Jewish-Christian sect.
King Ebusus, SAMNI.
Egyptians, ZEUGITANA. original: "Egiptenaren"
The homeland of Elagabalus, EMISSA. Elagabalus was a Roman emperor from Syria.
Where amber is found, SICYON. Trees bearing amber, HYPOBARUM. original: "Electrum"
A speaking elephant, SOLIS. Where they purify themselves, AMILO. Those who eat them, ASACHAEI.
Bishop Elianus, RANIENSIS.
Where hellebore grows, PYRA. Hellebore was a plant used in antiquity to treat madness.
The sleep of Endymion, ASELENUS. In myth, Endymion was a youth granted eternal sleep and youth by the moon goddess.
Bishop Epaphroditus, HADRIANAE.
The homeland of Epicharmus, CRASTUS. Epicharmus was an early Greek comic playwright.
The homeland of Epicurus, GARGETIAS.
Epiphanius is corrected, CURCUDALOPADUSA. Epiphanius of Salamis was a 4th-century Church Father.
Epirus, used for "mainland" rather than as a proper name for a region, PYRIPHLEGETON, and TRAGESEAE.
The letter of Saint James to the Colossians, COLOSSAE.
Epistrophus, son of the king, NUMAGANI.
Epistropolis, BUCTINUM.
Mares conceiving from the wind, TAGRUM. A common ancient legend about Lusitanian horses.
Long-lived horses, UGNICI. The most excellent, MITHRACINI.
A place most suitable for breeding horses, HIPPOBOTUM.
Where the wooden horse was made, GRASUS. Referring to the Trojan Horse.
Erastus the disciple, MEVIDI.
The sacrificed daughter of Erechtheus, HYACINTHUS. In Athenian myth, Erechtheus sacrificed his daughter to save the city.
Erichthonius swallowed by the Earth, MACRAE.
The herb Eriphium, SORACTES.
The town of Errit, HYRCANIA.
The error of Erythraeus, BRIGANTIUM.
The tomb of King Erythras, ORGANA. The legendary king from whom the Red Sea supposedly took its name.
The monastery of El Escorial, PTEROPHOROS. The royal site in Spain, built by Philip II.
The origin of the Este family, AESTUNI.
The Etymologicum is critiqued, PLIEUS. Referring to the Etymologicum Magnum, a Byzantine Greek dictionary.
Bishop Evandrus, URSINUM.
Bishop Eulisius, NUPSAS.
Eumachus, EQUI ARX.
Eumenes defeated, ORCYNIA.
Bishop Eunomius, EUZIZENUS.
The spindle tree, where it grows, ORCYNIUM. original: "Euonymus"
Where the first eunuchs were made, SPADA.
Bishop Euphanius, PONAE.
Bishop Euphrasius, CINN ORUM.
Bishop Euphratius, CALANA.
The source of the river Euphrates, ABAS.
Eurydice, TRIPARADISUS.
Where Euripides was torn apart by dogs, BORMISCUS.
The boundary of Europe, PHASIS.
Eurylochus, LYSIAS.
Bishop Eusebius, MARCELLA.
An error in Eusebius's Chronicle, MAZACA. It is corrected, ARDA, ATLANTA, GEROICA, MACICRATIM, NINEVEH, OSRHOENORUM, SISYDEM, SYSCIA, and TYRIANUS. It is critiqued, CHANTUS, POLIS, and SAMARIA.
Eustathius is defended against Guilandinus, MARE RUBRUM. Eustathius was a scholar of Homer; Melchior Guilandinus was a 16th-century botanist and commentator. His error concerning the Pillars of Hercules, ALYBE. He is amended, LYRNESSUS.
Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch, CYZIA.
Bishop Eustathius, ARABRACIS, and SUFFECTANEUS.
Euthymius, RUBA.
A passage of Eutropius corrected, BUCIA, MARCHOMODES, VARODOPA, and ZENOPHRURIUM. Eutropius was a 4th-century Roman historian.
Bishop Eutropius, EVAZON.
The prophet Ezekiel, SARIRA.
Where the bean legume is found, TORON. Where Egyptian beans grow, THYRAMIS.
Fabatus, CAMILLIANA.
Fabius Fabricianus, TUXIUM.
Bishop Facundus in Africa, ERMIANENSIS.
Where Empress Faustina died, HALALE.
Bishop Faustinus, BURTINITANUS.
Fazello is mistaken, TIMETHUS. He refutes Ptolemy, SIMAETHUS. Tommaso Fazello was a 16th-century Dominican friar and historian of Sicily.
A golden cat is worshipped as a god, RHADATA.
Where women do not live past their eighth year, CALINGAE. Women with double pupils, BITHYAE. Women ruling over men, GELAEI. Those ruled only by women, BUA I. Those who shoot arrows behind them while fleeing in battle, SAGIDAE. See also Women.
People who eat the flesh of wild beasts, AGRIOPHAGI.
Bishop Ferreolus, UCECENSIS.
Excellent iron made by dipping in a river, BILBILIS, and CHALYBS. The best, NORACUM. Where it is found, DOLICHENA.
The Iron Gate, a location, CAUCASIAE.
Where the Indian fig is found, ARCESINES.
A son cooked and eaten by his mother, BATHECHOR. Likely a reference to the Siege of Jerusalem.
Which people invented pottery, CANI.
Bishop Filogius, GETABINSTIANVS.
A passage of Valerius Flaccus explained, MIRACE, and TIBISENA. Amended, ACESINUS, LYCES, PITYEA, and TYMAVI. Valerius Flaccus was a 1st-century Roman epic poet.
Flaccus the Roman general, TROEZEN.
A harmless flame, ESII Forum.
Bishop Flavianus, EPIPA.
Florianus is critiqued, ESTABERUM.
Rivers drunk dry by the army of Xerxes, ECHEDORUS, LISSUS, MELAS, ONOCHONUS, and SCAMANDER. Referring to the massive scale of the Persian invasion of Greece.
A river greets Pythagoras, NESSUS. The largest in the whole world, NILUS. Normally seen alone, TELMESSUS. In which everything sinks and nothing floats, SIDEN. Turning certain things into stone, MUABUS. Covering wood with a stony bark, SURIUS. Making people drunk, CALENUM, ERGANE, LYNCESTIS, and NAULOCHUS. Removing skin eruptions, OPHIUSA. Bringing a loathing for wine, CLITORIUS. Making animals white, CLITUMNUS. Making sheep black, PSYCHRUS. Fresh water changed into salt, NEPTUNI. Transparent water that produces very black fish, LUSIAS. Making horses go mad, COSSINITUS. Marking out perjurers, ASBAMEUS, and OLACHAS. Healthful for the eyes, LYNCEUS. Making women sterile, APHRODISIUM. Submerging the leaves of trees under water, SIACHA. Cold on the surface but hot underneath, CAPAEUS. Stained with blood, ADONIS.
A fountain from whose drink sheep become black, CERON, COCHRYNNA, and MELAS. In which everything floats except metals, BALLADE. Whose water burns lamps, LYCOS. Which heals the bite of a rabid dog, ALYSSOS. Making people eunuchs, NAULOCHUS. Flowing like oil, CYSTITRATUM. Deadly without pain and without remedy, BEROSUS. Producing wine, NAXOS. Producing gems, CYRUBS. Sweeter than milk, LEUCI. One absorbing everything and another rejecting everything, CARRINENSIS. Bringing death, CINCHROPSOSES, and CYCHRI. Making the voice melodious, ZAMAE. Smelling pleasant, CABURA. Foul and muddy, CHERSONESUS. Born from tears, GLINA. Of the clearest water.