iter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of iter
1590–1600; < Latin: journey, route, passage in the body, akin to īre to go, Hittite itar way, road
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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
This William Chourne appears to have attended Dr. Corbett's party on the iter septentrionale, "two of which were, and two desired to be, doctors;" but whether William was guide, friend, or domestic seems uncertain.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
It is thought to depend upon some connexion, not yet anatomically demonstrated, between the third cranial nerve and its nucleus in the floor of the iter and the substantia nigra.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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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