radices
Americannoun
noun
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Num quas terrestres pontus strages conciet; Aut forte Triton fuscinâ evertens specus, Subter radices penitus undanti in freto Molem ex profundo saxeam ad cœlum vomit?”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Huic tanto malo, quod eo longi�s dissimulatum, tanto alti�s radices agit, viresque acquirit in dies, diutius differre remedium, justitia, qu� sua cuique asserere et fortiter tueri jubet, et pastoralis nostra erga ecclesiam sollicitudo non sinit.
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
Ibi cum obsiderentur a Clodio Glabro, per fauces cavi montis vitineis delapsi vinculis ad imas eius descendere radices et exitu inviso nihil tale opinantis ducis subito impetu castra rapuerunt.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
The eldest child very dirty; the second, glands; the third, knock-kneed, pigeon chest; very feeble, enlarged radices.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Famem sentire cœperunt, radices palmarum ubique rimantes: comp. with ix. 9.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
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