scarabaeus
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Origin of scarabaeus
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin; compare Greek kárabos kind of beetle
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The scarabaeus, or sacred beetle, was the adornment of rings and necklaces; even the men wore necklaces and rings and chains.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by Lord, John
Dear Sir, The scarabaeus fullo I know very well, having seen it in collections; but have never been able to discover one wild in its natural state.
From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert
He gets his reversible cuffs and paper collars from Cambridge, Massachusetts, the scarabaeus in his scarf-pin from Mexico, and his ulster from everywhere.
From An Old Town By the Sea by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
The appearance and flying of the scarabaeus solstitialis, or fern- chafer, commence with the month of July, and cease about the end of it.
From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert
But upon the wrappings of the throat I saw the green jasper of the sacred scarabaeus shining again like a living eye.
From Three John Silence Stories by Blackwood, Algernon
A thousand mystic meanings were evolved from this first idea, each in some subtle sense connected with one or other of the daily acts or usages of life, so that scarabaei were multiplied ad infinitum.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
Some lean Bedouins, who exercise the office of excavators, and sleep hard by in holes like jackals, advance to sell us scarabaei, blue-glass trinkets that are half fossilised, and feet or hands of the dead.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Baines, William Peter
"Give me the names of the better-known species of the British scarabaei," said he.
From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Next come two antelopes, each kneeling upon a basket; then two bouquets of papyrus; then two more scarabaei, similar to those upon the other border.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
Never mind what your hobby is—books, prints, drawings, china, scarabaei, lepidoptera—keep it to yourself and for those like-minded with you.
From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine
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