Ventris

[ ven-tris ]

noun

1. Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.

Ventris

/ ˈvɛntrɪs /

noun

1. VentrisMichael George Francis19221956MEnglishSCIENCE: cryptographer Michael George Francis. 1922–56, English architect and scholar, who deciphered the Linear B script, identifying it as an early form of Mycenaean Greek

Example Sentences

Ob humida namque nutrimenta, immoderatum ventris fluxum vix in primis ullus evadit.

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Ave Maria,” said the other, “gratia plena et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesu.

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I found out indeed this much about her ostensible state, that she was the wife of a cab-driver whose name was Ventris.

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If Quidnunc and Mrs. Ventris were not under our law, neither are the sun, moon and stars, neither are the apes and peacocks.

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Mrs. Ventris was a puzzle to me for a good many years—in fact until Despoina explained to me many things.

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