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semper idem

American  
[sem-per ee-dem, sem-per ahy-dem, id-em] / ˈsɛm pɛr ˈi dɛm, ˈsɛm pər ˈaɪ dɛm, ˈɪd ɛm /
Latin.
  1. always the same.


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Et quum bis aut ter ei hoc diceret, semper idem respondit.

From The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by Clouston, William Alexander

Not semper idem but semper alterum is the keynote of science.

From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall

Itaque Macho, siue Machon, vtrum in secunda syllaba scribatur N, litera, vel non idem refert: et si tertia syllaba addatur, et dicatur Machomet, vel etiam quarta, Machometus, nihil differt, quòd semper idem nomen representat.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

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