Ex facto jus oritur—The law arisen out of the fact, i.e., it cannot till then be put in force. L.

Ex fide fortis—Strong from faith. M.

Ex fumo dare lucem—To give light from smoke. 60 M.

Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum / Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari—As oft as Fortune is in a freakish mood, she raises men from a humble station to the imposing summit of things. Juv.

Ex hypothesi—Hypothetically.

Exigite ut mores teneros ceu pollice ducat, / Ut si quis cera vultum facit—Require him as with his thumb to mould their youthful morals, just as one fashions a face with plastic wax. Juv.

Exigui numero, sed bello vivida virtus—Few in number, yet their valour ardent for war. Virg.

Exiguum est ad legem bonum esse—It is but a small matter to be good in the eye of the law only. Sen.

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe as one city. Cic.

Exilioque domos et dulcia limina mutant / 5 Atque alio patriam quærunt sub sole jacentem—They exchange their home and sweet thresholds for exile, and seek under another sun another home. Virg.