Advisedness

Deliberation; prudent procedure. ing; plea; apology. Bill of advocation. (Scotch Law.) A written application to a superior court to call an action before them from an inferior court. words of Latin formation. - [The inquirer will search under the letter E for all words not found with the initial diphthong Æ.) Ea. ( Myth .) A huntre , changed by the gods into an island of the same name, to rescue her from the pursuit of her lover, the river Phasis. On the island was a tow called Ea , which was the capital of Colchis. Æ'acus, ( Myth .) Son of Jupiter, by Ægin a, and king of the island of Enopia. A pestilence having destroyed all his subjects, he entreated Jupiter to repeople his kingdom; and, according to his desire, all the ants which were in an old oak were changed into men, and called by E. myrmidons , from murmez , an ant. E. married Endeis, by whom he had Telemon and Peleus. He was a man of such integrity that the ancients have made him one of the judges of hell, with Minos and Rhadamanthus. Acid'ium, n.; ( Bot . ) A numerous genus of minute parasitic plants belonging to the ord. Fungi , found in great abundance in northern countries. The species are universally parasitic upon the leaves, or flowers, or bark of living plants, where they are generated beneath the cuticle. Their structure is of the most simple kind; consisting of nothing more than a little ma of exceвsively minute sporules, or reproductive particles, much smaller than the finest sand, inclosed in a thin bag, of either a fibrous or reticulated structure, which in time pierces the cuticle under which it lies, gradually a umes a tubular appearance, and finally bursts at the apex for the purpose of enabling the sporules to escape. A great many species are found upon the weeds and trees of Europe and America. Among the most common is A. can cell a tum, the Pear Acidium. to be found on the back of the leaves of the cultivated pear-tree, to which it gives a singular warted aspect. It makes its appear ance crowded in little patches of a pale brown color, which, when examined with a microscope, are seen to consist of numerous oval bodies. about a line long. It probably does not produce any injurious effect upon the plants it attacks, for it generally makes its appearance late in the season, when the leaves have nearly completed their office for the year. Fig . 36.-ECIDIUM CAN CELL A TUM. Ædes'sa, or EDESSA. ( Anc . Geog .) A town of Macedonia, near Pella. Caranus, king of Macedonia, took it by following goats that sought shelter from the rain, and called it from that circumstance ( aigras , capras) Ægeas. It was the burial-place of the Maced on i an kings; and an oracle had said, that as long as the kings were buried there, so long would that kingdom exist. Alexander was buried in a different place; and on that account some authors have said that the kingdom became extinct. E'dile, [ Lat .] A sanctuary or temple, a dwelling.The title of certain Roman magistrates, so called from their care of buildings (Ædes). They were divided into two cla es, plebeian and curule. The two plebeian ædiles were elected from the commonalty (plebs), and were subordinate to the tribunes of the Plebes, having jurisdiction over le er causes, submitted to them by those magistrates. The two curule ædiles, so called from their privilege of giving judgment on ivory seats ( sellæ curules ), were originally elected from the patricians, but afterwards from both plebeians and patricians promiscuously. The magistracy was one of the most dignified in the state, and was allowed the use of the robe of honor (toga prætext a), and a certain precedence in the senate. The peculiar office of the ædiles was the superintendence of public works, markets, ., in the city. They had also, particularly the curule ædiles, to exhibit public games, which they often did at a vast expense, in order to court popularity. Julius Cæsar added two other plebeian ædiles, called cereales, to inspect the public stores of provisions. E'eta, or E'ETES, ( Myth .,) king of Colchis, son of Sol and Perseis, daughter of Ocean us, was father of Medea, Absystus, and Chalciope, by Idea, one of the Oceanides. He killed Phryxus, son of Athamas, who had fled to his court on a golden ram. The Argonauts went against Colchis, and recovered the Golden Fleece by means of Medea, though it was guarded by bulls that breathed fire, and by a venomous dragon. This expedition has been celebrated by all the ancient poets. Æg'ades, a group of islands off the W. coast of Sicily, from 15 to 35 miles W. of Trapani. The most important are Favignana, Levanso, and Maritimo. Eg'sæ. ( Anc. Geog.) A town near Eubœa, from which the Ægean sea is said to take its name. Æg'won. ( Myth .) The son of Cœlus or of Pontus and Terra, the same as Briareus. It is supposed that he was a notorious pirate, chiefly residing at Ægæ, whence his name; and that the fable about his hundred hande arises from his having one hundred men to manage his oars in his piratical excursions.