I.of the master or mistress of a family, the master's, the mistress's (poet.; “esp. in Plaut.): erum fefelli, in nuptias conjeci erilem filium,” Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. Ad. 3, 2, 3; so, “filius,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117; id. Most. 1, 1, 20; 79; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 58; id. ib. 5, 5, 20; id. Phorm. 1, 1, 5: “filia,” Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 35; id. ib. 2, 3, 8; id. Cist. 2, 3, 8: “amica,” id. Mil. 2, 1, 37; 44; id. ib. 2, 3, 3; cf. “concubina,” id. ib. 2, 3, 66; id. ib. 2, 5, 60; id. ib. 2, 6, 28; “68: erilis patria, salve,” id. Bacch. 2, 1, 1: “gressumque canes comitantur erilem,” Verg. A. 8, 462: “mensaeque assuetus erili,” id. ib. 7, 490: “res,” Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 1; so, “imperium,” id. Aul. 4, 1, 13; cf. “nutus,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 6: antiqua erilis fida custos corporis (i. e. Medeae), Enn. ap. Non. 39, 3 (Trag. v. 289 Vahl.): “nisi erile mavis Carpere pensum,” Hor. C. 3, 27, 63: “crilis praevortit metus,” Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17: “nomen erile tenet,” Ov. M. 10, 502: “turpi clausus in arca, Quo te demisit peccati conscia (ancilla) erilis,” Hor. S. 2, 7, 60.
ĕrī^lis (less correctly hĕrīlis , v. erus), e, adj. erus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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