hic
Americaninterjection
interjection
Example Sentences
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Hic am so blithe, so bryhit, brid on brere,Quan I se that hende in halle:Yhe is whit of lime, loveli, treweYhe is fayr and flur of alle.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2013
Statius records this ceremony, when speaking of Minerva’s temple: Hic more parentum Insides, thalamis ubi casta adolescerat ætas, Virgineas libare comas; primosque solebant Excusare toros.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Hic est victus, vetus, veternosus senex,— and Profundat, perdat, pereat, etc.; but such mannerisms, which abound in Plautus, are extremely rare in the younger poet.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
They did not even call themselves Northmen, or Normans; for on the Bayeux Tapestry we find the legend, Hic Franci pugnant, showing plainly that they regarded themselves as nothing but French.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
"Inde petens dextram, porta est, ait, ista Palati; Hic Stator, hoc primum condita Roma loco est."
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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