radices
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noun
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Dicimus ergo baptisma dare omnium indulgentiam peccatorum et auferre crimina, non radere; nec ut omnium peccatorum radices in mala carne teneantur, quasi rasorum in capite capillorum, unde crescunt iterum resecanda peccata.”900.Ep., l.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur
Magnus terræ tractus, qui inter radices montis, quem Barbarum incolæ appellant, et mare juxta Avernum jacet, sese erigere videbatur, et montis subitò nascentis figuram imitari.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Lond, skip, flaska, sumar, hamar, ketill, dal, are clearly the radices respectively of land, ship, flask, summer, hammer, kettle, dale.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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
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)
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