Part 3876

<h1>Epitrite</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep"i*trite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ containing an integer and one third (<it>i. e</it>., <ets><?/</ets>, or in the ratio of 4 to 3); <?/ upon, over + <?/ the third: cf. L. <ets>epitritos</ets>, F. <ets>\'82pitrite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. & Lat. Pros.)</fld> <def>A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.</def>

<note>&hand; It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th <i>epitrite</i> according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.</note>

<h1>Epitrochlea</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*troch"le*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Epi-</er>, and <er>Trochlea</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.</def>

<h1>Epitrochlear</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*troch"le*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the epitrochlea.</def>

<h1>Epitrochoid</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*tro"choid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>epi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ wheel + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A kind of curve. See <er>Epicycloid</er>, any <er>Trochoid</er>.</def>

<h1>Epitrope</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pit"ro*pe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ reference, arbitration, fr. <?/ to turn over, to give up, yield; <?/ upon, over + <?/ to turn.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; <it>e. g.</it>, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."</def>

<h1>Epizeuxis</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*zeux"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a fastening together, repetition, fr. <?/ to fasten to or upon; <?/ upon + <?/ to join, yoke.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -</def>

<blockquote><b>Alone</b>, <b>alone</b>, <b>all all alone</b>, <b>Alone</b> on a <b>wide wide</b> sea. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Epozoan</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`o*zo"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An epizo\'94n.</def>

<h1>Epozoic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`o*zo"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.</def>

<h1>Epizo\'94n</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*zo"\'94n</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Epizoa</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozo\'94n. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.</def>

<h1>Epizo\'94tic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`i*zo*\'94t"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82pizo\'94tique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an epizo\'94n.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Epizo\'94tic</b> mountains are of secondary formation. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.</def>

<h1>Epizo\'94ty, Epizo\'94tic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw><hw>Ep`i*zo"\'94*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`i*zo*\'94t"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82pizo\'94tie</ets>.]</ety> <def>An epizo\'94tic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.</def>