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in delta epsilon xi
An altered word is one in which part of the ordinary form is left unchanged, and part is re-cast; as in {delta epsilon xi iota-tau epsilon rho omicron nu / kappa alpha tau alpha / mu alpha zeta omicron nu}, {delta epsilon xi iota tau epsilon rho omicron nu} is for {delta epsilon xi iota omicron nu}.
— from The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Iglesias de España xviii
It was one of the churches founded by the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the year 1141, in which they sent emissaries to Spain for the purpose.—Viage Literario á las Iglesias de España, xviii.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Iglesias de España xviii
[289] Villanueva, Viage á las Iglesias de España, xviii.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Iglesias de España xviii
[302] Viage Literario á las Iglesias de España, xviii.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Iglesias de España xii
á las Iglesias de España, xii.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Iglesias de España xvi
á las Iglesias de España, xvi.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

Iglesias de España xvi
a las Iglesias de España, xvi. 99, says that “Lapicida” does not really mean a cutter of stones, which would be described as “pica petras.”
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

I Degli Elementi XXXII
Vico , Scienza Nuova , Lib. I., Degli Elementi , XXXII.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 02 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

illa die et xenia
Et cum habet plures vxores, illa cum qua dormit in nocte sedet iuxta eum in die: et oportet quod omnes aliæ veniant ad domum illam illa die ad bibendum: et ibi tenetur curia illa die: et xenia quæ deferuntur, illa deponuntur in thesauris illius dominæ.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt


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