totidem verbis

[ taw-ti-dem -wer-bees; English tot-i-dem -vur-bis ]

/ ˈtɔ tɪˌdɛm ˈwɛr bis; English ˈtɒt ɪˌdɛm ˈvɜr bɪs /

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adverb Latin.

with just so many words; in these words.

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Words nearby totidem verbis

to the teeth, to the tune of, to the victor belong the spoils, to the wall, toti-, totidem verbis, toting, totipalmate, totipalmation, totipotency, totipotent

How to use totidem verbis in a sentence

Quintilian's criticism is indorsed by all scholars,--Lyricorum Horatius fere solus legi dignus, in verbis felicissime audax.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Per unam litteram suo materno idiomate confectam, verbis bene simplicibus, Trial, vol.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
Clark calls his Latin crib a composite "non elegantem utique et venustam, sed ita Romanam, ut verbis verba."
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Mens et medulla verbi, mens et voluntas Dei amicta tamen humanis verbis.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign

An error in verbis Purshii, ut loco "floribus" legendum sit "involucris" aut "fasciculis?"
Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions)|Maximilian, Prinz von Wied