montes
- plural of mons.
Example Sentences
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The mountain ranges and individual mountains are labeled with their Latin names, "montes" for mountain ranges and "mons" for individual mountains.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2013
These institutions were formed on the model of the montes profani, the system of public debt resorted to by many Italian States.
From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by O'Brien, George
As they rode on they found the country dotted over with quintas and country-houses, here called montes, from being generally seated on hills.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
This was a great disappointment to the Earl of Oxford and his party, who were reminded, much oftener than they found agreeable, of the "Parturiunt montes, nascitur ridiculus mus."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
It is odd therefore, that the one apposite passage which recurred to me in its entirety was in hexameters and pentameters: Me miserum, quanti montes volvuntur aquarum!
From Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
