iter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of iter
1590–1600; < Latin: journey, route, passage in the body, akin to īre to go, Hittite itar way, road
Example Sentences
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Sirs: Is the Times going per iter tenebricosum like the rest of the papers?
From Time Magazine Archive
Opening it, he found the words Quid vitae sectabor iter?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
It means lit. wandering, vagabond, so that the arrant thief is nearly related to the knight errant, and to the Justices in eyre, Old Fr. eire, Lat. iter, a way, journey.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
The following words are rendered thus by Musgrave, "Per ... est longum iter."
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
In the quiet path of every-day life—the secretum iter et fallentis semita vita—I could show you many couples who are really comforts and helpmates to each other.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
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