Excellens, see [Eminens].
Excelsus, see [Altus].
Excipere, see [Sumere].
Excors, see [Amens].
[Excubiæ]; Stationes; Vigiliæ. Excubiæ are the sentinels before the palace, as guards of honor and safeguards; stationes, guards stationed at the gate as an outpost; vigiliæ, guards in the streets during the night as a patrol.
Excusatio, see [Purgatio].
Exemplum; Exemplar. Exemplum means an example out of many, chosen on account of its relative aptness for a certain end; whereas exemplar means an example before others, chosen on account of its absolute aptness to represent the idea of a whole species, a model. Cic. Mur. 31. Vell. P. ii. 100. Antonius singulare exemplum clementiæ Cæsaris; compare with Tac. Ann. xii. 37. Si incolumem servaveris, æternum exemplar clementiæ ero; not merely tuæ clementiæ, but of clemency in general. (v. 359.)
[Exercitus]; Copiæ. Exercitus is an army that consists of several legions; but copiæ mean troops, which consist of several cohorts.
Exhibere, see [Præbere].
Exigere, see [Petere].