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
A lamentation for the death of the same sparrow— “Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum, Illuc unde negant redire quemquam: At vobis male sit, malæ tenebræ Orci, quæ omnia bella devoratis.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Iamque potens misso genitorem appellat amico, Perdendi Gabios quod sibi monstret iter.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
Qui autem destinatus fuit, iter arripiens uersus Offe regnum, ut casu accidit inter eundum, hospitandi gracia aulam regiam introiuit illius regis, cuius filiam Offa sibi matrimonio copulauerat.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.
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