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EX NAPIS PALMEUM EX CAROTIS
There is a V. EX NAPIS, —— PALMEUM, —— EX CAROTIS, —— EX MILII SEMINE, —— EX LOTO, —— EX FICO, —— EX PUNCICIS, —— EX CORNIS, —— EX MESPILIS, —— EX SORBIS, —— EX MORIS, —— EX NUCLEIS PINEIS, —— EX PIRIS, —— EX MALIS, (cf. Pliny ), resembling our cider, perry, berry wines and other drink or liquor made of fruit, berries, vegetables or seeds VIOLATIUM and ROSATIUM, ℞ 5 , are laxatives; —— ORIGANUM is wine flavored with origany; etc., etc.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

emolliens nisi plumbea eorum corda
Tu vero licet Orpheus sis, saxa sono testudinis emolliens, nisi plumbea eorum corda, auri vel argenti malleo emollias, &c. Salisburiensis Policrat.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

et Numidae priusquam ex castris
Eorum plerique inermes cadunt, multi capiuntur, nemo omnium intactus profugit, et Numidae, priusquam ex castris subveniretur, sicuti jussi erant, in proximos colles discedunt.
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

et noctem piis Exerceamus canticis
Umbris sepulta dum stupet Natura, lucis filii Surgamus, et noctem piis Exerceamus canticis.
— from Hymni ecclesiae by John Henry Newman

eorum naturam pertinet et cum
Quaedam vero recedunt minus a permanentia essendi, quia esse eorum nec in transmutatione consistit nec est subjectum transmutationis; tamen habent transmutationem adjunctam vel in actu vel in potentia ... patet de angelis, quod scilicet habent esse intransmutabile cum transmutabilitate secundum electionem, quantum ad eorum naturam pertinet, et cum transmutabilitate intelligentiarum, et affectionum, et locorum suo modo.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey

est non potest esse contrarium
Ei ergo qui summe est, non potest esse contrarium nisi quod non est .—Si solus ipse incommutabilis, omnia quae fecit, quia ex nihilo id est ex eo quod omnino non est —fecit, mutabilia sunt.
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach

esse non posset etc Cic
id, de quo Panætium addubitare dicebant, ut ad extremum omnis mundus ignesceret; cum, humore consumto, neque terra ali posset neque remearet ær; cujus ortus, aqua omni exhausta, esse non posset," etc. Cic.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

emendatione nunc primum editus cum
*1546 (8vo): Georgii Agricolae medici Bermannus, sive de metallica ab accurata autoris recognitione et emendatione nunc primum editus cum nomenclatura rerum metallicarum.
— from De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola

et ne purent estre chassés
[Pg 289] firent un dégat non-pareil aux biens de la terre, et ne purent estre chassés par autre force ny industrie, que par la malediction Ecclesiastique.
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans


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