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
Nunc seu rudis aut incerta canendi Projicit in longum, nulloque plicatile flexu Carmen init, simili serie, jugique tenore, Praebet iter liquidum labenti e pectore voce; Nunc caesim variat, modulisque canora minutis.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Itaque nulla interposita mora, sauciorum modo & ægrorum habita ratione, impedimenta omnia silentio prima nocte ex castris Apolloniæ præmisit, ac conquiescere ante iter confectum vetuit.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
Ne tardus veniat, Christus tecum ire recusat: Christi nempe ipsum hoc ire moratur iter.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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