est modus in rebus (L.), there is a proper mean in [all] things.

esto perpetua! (L.), may she be lasting!

est quædam flere voluptas (L.), there is in weeping a certain pleasure.

estro (It.), enthusiasm, height of poetic inspiration.

étage (Fr.), floor, story [bel étage, best story, first floor, is not a French usage].

étagère (Fr.), an ornamental stand of shelves for flowers, articles of virtu, &c.

étang (Fr.), pond.

étape (Fr.), a storehouse: a halting-place: a day's march: rations: forage.

état (Fr.), state, rank;—état-major, the staff of an army, regiment, &c.

États Généraux (Fr.), the States-General.