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107 eiusdem generis
egualmente [It], equally; evenly: music.
eheu! fugaces labuntur anni [L], alas! the fleeting years slip by: Horace.
ehrlich währt am längsten [Ger], to be honest lasts longest; honesty is
the best policy.
eidos [Gr είδος, eidos; pi. είδη], form; species; philos., idea.
eiectamenta [L; pi.], ejected matter.
eigner Herd ist Goldes werth [Ger], one's own hearth is of golden
worth; there's no place like home.
eile mit Weile [Ger], lit., hasten with leisure; more haste, less speed.
Cf. FESTINA LENTE.
eine Hand wäscht die andere [Ger], one hand washes the other.
ein Esel bleibt ein Esel [Ger], an ass remains an ass.
einfach [Ger], simple; plain; homely.
Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott [Ger], A Mighty Fortress Is Our God:
hymn by Luther.
ein Gelehrter hat keine lange Weile [Ger], lit., a scholar has no long
leisure; time never hangs heavy on a scholar's hands: Jean Paul Richter.
ein gutes Mädchen [Ger], a good-natured girl.
Einleitung [Ger], introduction, as to a book; preamble.
ein lustiger Bruder [Ger], a jolly fellow.
einmal ist keinmal [Ger], lit., once is not-once (or never); once does
not count; the exception proves the rule.
ein Mann, ein Wort [Ger], lit., one man, one word; word of honor!
honor bright!
Einsamkeit [Ger], loneliness; solitude.
ein Sperling in der Hand ist besser als eine Taube auf dem Dache
[Ger], a sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.
ein starker Geist [Ger], a powerful intellect.
ein unbedeutender Mensch [Ger], an insignificant fellow; a man of no
account.
ein Unglück kommt selten allein [Ger], misfortunes seldom come singly.
ein wenig schneller [Ger], a little faster: music.
Eirêann go Brat! [Gael], long live Ireland!
εις αύριον τα σπουδαία [Gr; eis aúrion ta spoudaîa], serious affairs
tomorrow; business tomorrow (i.e., don't bother me today): saying
of Archias, a Spartan general noted for his procrastination.
Eisenbahn [Ger], railroad; railway.
Eisen und Blut [Ger], iron and blood: Bismarck (words used by him in
a speech, Sept. 1862; hence his common appellation, "the man of
blood and iron," the order being usually reversed in English),
εις όνυχα [Gr; eis ónykha], lit., to a fingernail; to a hair; to a nicety;
to a T.
eiusdem farinae [L], of the same flour; of the same kind.
eiusdem generis [L], of the same kind.