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... means , to complete his education at its Schools ; which occupied at that time a position akin to our Universities 20. His active career should then have begun , and he did hold some of the 19 This was done with a certain solemnity ...
... means , to complete his education at its Schools ; which occupied at that time a position akin to our Universities 20. His active career should then have begun , and he did hold some of the 19 This was done with a certain solemnity ...
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... means the ' Cuts ' ( réuvw ) from certain Canals near it . But Ovid mentions the Mythological derivation from Téμvw as the place where Medea cut up her brother Absyrtus . Inde Tomis dictus locus hic , quia fertur in illo Membra soror ...
... means the ' Cuts ' ( réuvw ) from certain Canals near it . But Ovid mentions the Mythological derivation from Téμvw as the place where Medea cut up her brother Absyrtus . Inde Tomis dictus locus hic , quia fertur in illo Membra soror ...
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... ' Lentus ( lenitus ) means first ' flexible ' as leather or a twig . Then by an easy transition metaphorically ' inactive , ' ' otiose , ' ' wanting in vigour . ' Cf. 66 . 2. ' Send me no answer in words , but 0 . 6 NOTES. ...
... ' Lentus ( lenitus ) means first ' flexible ' as leather or a twig . Then by an easy transition metaphorically ' inactive , ' ' otiose , ' ' wanting in vigour . ' Cf. 66 . 2. ' Send me no answer in words , but 0 . 6 NOTES. ...
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... means ' hanging loose down ' . So Ovid F. 4 , 386 has pendula Libra . Met . 7 , 117 palearia p . This would exactly represent the position of the cloth when unfastened at one end to allow of unravelling the work . Tela would then ...
... means ' hanging loose down ' . So Ovid F. 4 , 386 has pendula Libra . Met . 7 , 117 palearia p . This would exactly represent the position of the cloth when unfastened at one end to allow of unravelling the work . Tela would then ...
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... means Thracian , from Mt Rhodope . In Virg . G. 2 , 30 Niphates a river in Armenia stands for Armenia , or rather the Armenians . Illustrations may be gathered from almost every Latin poem . 47. vestris ' of you Greeks , ' not ' of you ...
... means Thracian , from Mt Rhodope . In Virg . G. 2 , 30 Niphates a river in Armenia stands for Armenia , or rather the Armenians . Illustrations may be gathered from almost every Latin poem . 47. vestris ' of you Greeks , ' not ' of you ...
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