Graiae
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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The Graiae were their sisters, three gray women who had but one eye between them.
From Literature
Once and awhile she smiles showing her few remaining teeth in Graiae fashion.
From Project Gutenberg
E tenebris tantis tam clarum extollere lumen qui primus potuisti inlustrans commoda vitae, te sequor, o Graiae gentis decus, inque tuis nunc ficta pedum pono pressis vestigia signis, non ita certandi cupidus quam propter amorem 5 quod te imitari aveo; quid enim contendat hirundo cycnis, aut quidnam tremulis facere artubus haedi consimile in cursu possint et fortis equi vis?
From Project Gutenberg
A. Iam satis hoc Graiae memorandum contigit urbi Aeternumque decus, quod non impulsa nec ipso 390 Strata metu tenuit flagrantis in omnia belli Praecipitem cursum, raptisque a Caesare cunctis Vincitur una mora.
From Project Gutenberg
Lucilius had held procuratorial offices in Alpes Graiae et Poeninae, Epirus, Creta et Cyrene, and Sicily.
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