anticum
Americannoun
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antica
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Etymology
Origin of anticum
< New Latin, apparently neuter of Latin antīcus, antīquus pertaining to the front, existing previously, ancient ( see antique); New Latin sense by analogy with Latin postīcum posticum
Example Sentences
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The traditional cooking under challenge is usually described as la vera, antica cucina italiana, the true, ancient Italian cuisine.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the deterioration of antica Roma is only one in a series of revelations of decay in Italy's most famous monuments that have popped up, like Banquo's ghost, to alarm conservationists this summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wonderful! there are none like them; and it is old—'ma antica'!
From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.
Del Lungo identifies it with a MS. which Braccio Compagni in the seventeenth century spoke of as 'la copia più antica, appresso il Signor senatore Pandolfini.'
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
The opinion thus generally received, was first deliberately called in question by Zuzzeri, in a dissertation published in 1746, entitled Sopra un’ antica Villa scoperta sopra Frescati nell appartenenze della nuova villa dell collegio Romano.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
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