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Latin: F

faba

noun

bean Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.5Vinum ex atro candidum facies: lomentum ex faba factum vel ovorum trium alborem in lagonam …bean

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.33… uulgo uocantur, quia hoc mense adultae fabae diuinis rebus adhibentur.beans

fabacius

adjective

of beans Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.33cui pulte fabacia et larido sacrificatur, quod his maxime rebus …of beans

fabarius

adjective

of beans Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.33… corporis roborentur. nam et Kalendae Iuniae fabariae uulgo uocantur, quia hoc mense adultae fabae …of beans

facile

adverb

easily Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.2… ne algeat, ne esuriat: opere bene exerceat, facilius malo et alieno prohibebit. vilicus si nolet …more easily

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.2… dictatorem retulit, ut et ordo eorum inueniri facillime posset, et inuento certus status perseueraret.very easily

facilis

adjective

easy Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.1… lunae vel solis instituti, quanta sit varietas facile est cognoscere, si quis vel in unius Italiae …easy

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14… patet: et cùm patet nostræ quidem genti facilè est; hominibus verò transportandis planè …easy
  • 15… obviam imus. Confectâ primâ parte itineris, facilior redditur vectio. Tunc libero aëri exponimus …easier

facio

verb

make, do Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 70 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1… quo modo fundus cultus siet operaque quae facta infectaque sient, postridie eius diei vilicum …done
  • 2.1… diei vilicum vocet, roget, quid operis siet factum, quid restet, satisne temperi opera sient …done
  • 2.1… possitne quae reliqua sient conficere, et quid factum vini, frumenti aliarumque rerum omnium.made
  • 2.2… ei opus non apparet, dicit vilicus sedulo se fecisse, servos non valuisse, tempestates malas fuisse, …has acted
  • 2.7pecus consideret. auctionem uti faciat: vendat oleum, si pretium habeat, vinum, …he hold
  • 5.2… et alieno prohibebit. vilicus si nolet male facere, non faciet. si passus erit, dominus inpune ne …to do

factito

verb

make often, keep doing Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 3… multis cæremoniis, domique coquens, sacculos factitabat ex pellibus caprinis, quos inflatos ad vicinum …used to make
  • 10… inveni adhuc spirantem, et eadem, quæ olim, factitantem; finemque ei pœnitudinis diuturnæ, ob amissum …doing

factum

noun

deed, act Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 20.3nihil prodest uerbis praeferre uirtutem et factis destruere ueritatem.by deeds

fagus

beech tree Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English beech

The old bh became b in the Germanic words and f in Latin. The old g of fagus became k, which later softened to the ch of English beech and German Buche.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

fallo

verb

deceive; escape notice Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 21.6secundum quam rationem nisi fallor hic annus, cuius velut index et titulus quidam …I am deceived

fames

noun

hunger; famine Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.6sic cum fetu sterili terra ieiuna est, neminem fames separat: sic cum inruptione hostili ciuitas …famine

Looks like English fame

It means something else. Latin famēs is hunger or famine. Fame comes from a different word, fāma, what people say.

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familia

noun

household, family; household slaves Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 8 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1Pater familias ubi ad villam venit, ubi larem familiarem …of the household
  • 2.3… sarciri, novos fieri; centones, cuculiones familiam oportuisse sibi sarcire. per ferias potuisse …the slaves
  • 2.7… et siquid aliut supersit, vendat. patrem familias vendacem, non emacem esse oportet.of the household
  • 5.1… abstineat, sua servet diligenter. litibus familia supersedeat: siquis quid deliquerit, pro noxa …the slaves
  • 5.2familiae male ne sit, ne algeat, ne esuriat: opere bene …for the slaves
  • 5.2… sobrius siet semper, ad cenam nequo eat. familiam exerceat, consideret, quae dominus imperaverit …the slaves
  • 5.5si fecerit, scibit in mente familiae quid sit, et illi animo aequiore facient. si …of the slaves

The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 4Episcopus Roffensis de modicâ familiâ suâ iv. Sacerdotes, v. Scutiferos, x. homines …household

familiaris

adjective

of the household; friendly, familiar Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1Pater familias ubi ad villam venit, ubi larem familiarem salutavit, fundum eodem die, si potest, …of the household

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4sit licet rei familiaris amissio, sit de infestantibus morbis adsidua …household

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 24… sphæræ fixarum centies septies circumit. Sed familiarior est ipsis circulus annorum novendecim. Etenim …more familiar

familiariter

adverb

as friends, intimately Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… perosi, nostras appetunt umbras, et nobiscum familiariter conversantur. Sunt ex iis præcipui Novem, ex …as friends

far

noun

spelt, emmer wheat; grain Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… virgas vinciri, spinas runcari, expinsi far, munditias fieri. cum servi aegrotarint, …spelt

farina

noun

flour, meal Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75… disterat in mortario. ubi bene distriverit, farinae siligineae libram aut, si voles tenerius esse, …of flour
  • 76.1Placentam sic facito. farinae siligineae L. II, unde solum facias, in tracta …of flour
  • 76.1… siligineae L. II, unde solum facias, in tracta farinae L. IIII et alicae primae L. II. alicam in aquam …of flour
  • 76.1… manibus depsito. ubi bene subactum erit, farinae L. IIII paulatim addito. id utrumque tracta …of flour
  • 84Savillum hoc modo facito. farinae selibram, casei P. II S una conmisceto quasi …of flour

fasti

noun

calendar; list of officials Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.12sed Cingius in eo libro, quem de fastis reliquit, ait imperite quosdam opinari Aprilem …the calendar
  • 12.16… lata dissensio est. nam Fulvius Nobilior in fastis, quos in aede Herculis Musarum posuit, Romulum …the calendar
  • 12.17sunt qui hunc mensem ad nostros fastos a Tusculanis transisse commemorent, apud quos …calendar
  • 12.30… Aricinos Praenestinosque hac appelatione in fastos relatus sit adeo ut, sicut Nisus in …the calendars
  • 12.30… sit adeo ut, sicut Nisus in commentariis fastorum dicit apud maiores quoque nostros haec …on the calendar

fastus

adjective

court day, day for public business Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.12… repperit feriarum, adiectosque omnes a se dies fastos notauit, ut maiorem daret actionibus …as court days

fauces

noun

throat; narrow pass Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.1… solutus in fluxum uenter euiscerat, quod in faucium uulnera conceptus medullitus ignis exaestuat, …of the throat

faustus

adjective

lucky, fortunate Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.4… qua inpar numerus plenus et magis faustus habebatur.lucky

febris

noun

fever Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.6… commune est, et oculorum dolor et impetus febrium et omnium ualitudo membrorum cum ceteris …of fevers

februamentum

noun

means of purification Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.14est februum quidquid piat purgatque, et februamenta purgamenta, item februare purgare et purum …februamenta

Februarius

name, adjective

February; of February Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 16 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.5… his duo menses, Ianuarius undetriginta dierum, Februarius duodetriginta. adque ita omnes menses pleni et …February
  • 20.5… inpari dierum numero esse coeperunt, excepto Februario, qui solus cavus et ob hoc ceteris infaustior …February
  • 20.6… ad naturalem exaequaretur, in mense potissimum Februario inter terminalia et regifugium intercalatum …February
  • 20.8… et Decembrem interponeret, cum iam mense Februario dies III et XX intercalasset, faceretque eum …February
  • 22.13… a numeris appellatos. ceterum Ianuarium et Februarium postea quidem additos, sed nominibus iam ex …February
  • 22.13… ab Iano, cui adtributus est, nomen traxisse, Februarium a februo.February

februatus

adjective

purified Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.15… appellant, unde dies Lupercalium proprie februatus et ab eo porro mensis Februarius vocitatur.februatus (purified)

februo

verb

purify Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.14… purgatque, et februamenta purgamenta, item februare purgare et purum facere. februum autem non idem …to purify
  • 22.14… dicitur: nam aliter in aliis sacris februatur, hoc est purgatur.purifying is done

februum

noun

means of purification Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 4 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.13… adtributus est, nomen traxisse, Februarium a februo.februum (means of cleansing)
  • 22.14est februum quidquid piat purgatque, et februamenta …februum
  • 22.14… item februare purgare et purum facere. februum autem non idem usquequaque dicitur: nam aliter …februum
  • 22.15… cum Roma lustratur, salem calidum ferunt, quod februum appellant, unde dies Lupercalium proprie …februum

Februus

name

Februus, a Roman god of purification Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.3… finem futurique principia, secundum dicauit Februo deo, qui lustrationum potens creditur. lustrari …to Februus

fel

gall, bile Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English gall

The old breathy gh became g in English and German, f in Latin (fel) and ch in Greek (cholē). Gall is bile, the bitter fluid of the liver.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

felicitas

noun

happiness; good fortune Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 10Prima mei reditus felicitas erat, quod matrem inveni adhuc spirantem, et …happiness
  • 11… quæ nunc demùm sentio, postquam ex te felicitatem intellexi regionum cæterarum: at nos ingenijs …happiness

feliciter

adverb

happily, luckily Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.1… ut immunis a contactu malorum mundo et saeculo feliciter perfruatur et non hic omnia aduersa perpessus …happily
  • 15.7… ad continentiae adque innocentiae praemium feliciter ueniunt.happily

felix

adjective

happy, lucky; fruitful Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.35… atque ob has causas hic mensis huic imperio felicissimus sit ac fuerit, placere senatui ut hic mensis …most fortunate

fenerator

noun

moneylender Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.1… in legibus posiverunt, furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli. quanto peiorem civem existimarint …a moneylender
  • pr.1… quadrupli. quanto peiorem civem existimarint feneratorem quam furem, hinc licet existimare.a moneylender

feneror

verb

lend at interest Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.1… quaerere, nisi tam periculosum sit, et item fenerari, si tam honestum sit. maiores nostri sic …to lend at interest

Fenestella

name

Fenestella, a Roman historian Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.2… Romae Licinius quidem Macer et postea Fenestella statim ab initio duodecim mensum fuisse …Fenestella

feniculum

noun

fennel Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.21Moretaria: mentam, rutam, coriandrum, feniculum, omnia viridia, ligusticum, piper, mel, …fennel

feralis

adjective

of the dead; deadly Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… quod pestis ista et lues quae horribilis et feralis uidetur explorat iustitiam singulorum et mentes …deadly

fere

adverb

almost, about; as a rule Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 5 uses

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.14sed cum fere ante aequinoctium uernum triste sit caelum et …as a rule

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… rem omnem à primis initiis repetijt, in hunc ferè modum? Prospectum est Duracote fili, non …about
  • 15… in sese conglobantur ut aranei: quæ nos solo ferè nutu transportamus, adeò ut denique moles …almost
  • 24… anno. Per totam enim Levaniam æquantur dies ferè noctibus: nisi quòd Privolvis regulariter omnis …almost
  • 24… mensibus: quippè Sole orituro manè, integrum ferè Zodiaci signum postridiè plus apparet, quàm …almost

Ferentinus

name

of Ferentinum; a person from Ferentinum Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.1… peregrinis, velit inquirere. nam ut alium Ferentini alium Lavinii itemque Albani vel Romani …the people of Ferentinum

feriae

noun

holidays, festivals Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… familiam oportuisse sibi sarcire. per ferias potuisse fossas veteres tergeri, viam publicam …holidays
  • 5.1… erunt vilici officia. disciplina bona utatur. feriae serventur. alieno manum abstineat, sua servet …holidays

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.12… finem omnium, quae in mense erant, repperit feriarum, adiectosque omnes a se dies fastos notauit, ut …festivals

ferio

verb

strike, hit Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 17… illa mucrone suo, quod plerumque fit, Tellurem feriat, Terris et nos, socijs exercitibus incumbimus: …strikes

ferme

adverb

almost, nearly Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.11… non ab Aphrodite, sed ab aperiendo, quod tunc ferme cuncta gignantur et nascendi claustra aperiat …almost

ferō

verb

carry, bear; endure; say Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.15… cum Roma lustratur, salem calidum ferunt, quod februum appellant, unde dies Lupercalium …they carry

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.34… in honorem Iulii Caesaris dictatoris, legem ferente M. Antonio M. filio consule, Iulius appellatus …proposing

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 6… navis magister, meque repetens, repulsam tulit, valdè me gaudente.suffered

Relatives of English bear

This is bear in the sense of "carry." The old bh became b in Germanic, f in Latin and ph (an f-like sound) in Greek.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

ferox

adjective

fierce, bold; wild Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… an deprecantes aegros non deserant medici, an feroces uiolentiam suam conprimant, an rapaces …the fierce

ferramentum

noun

iron tool Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.7… oves deliculas, lanam, pelles, plostrum vetus, ferramenta vetera, servum senem, servum morbosum, et …iron tools

fervens

adjective

boiling, hot; fierce Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 35… uno eodemque loco et æstus est quindecies ferventior Africano nostro, et gelu intolerabilius …fiercer

ferveo

verb

boil, seethe; glow Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 4 uses

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.3.2… palmea in dolium musti mittes antequam ferveat, et post quadraginta dies exime. cum necesse …it boils, ferments
  • 5.3.1… vino et liquamine temperabis, facies ut ferveat. cum ferbuerit, agitabis. si quid defuerit, …it boils, ferments
  • 5.3.1… liquamine temperabis, facies ut ferveat. cum ferbuerit, agitabis. si quid defuerit, mittis et inferes.has boiled

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1Cum anno 1608. ferverent dissidia inter fratres Imp. Rudolphum et …were boiling

festinatio

noun

haste, hurry Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.14… per annos triginta et sex uitio sacerdotalis festinationis excreuerant, sequentibus annis duodecim nullo …of haste

festino

verb

hurry, hasten Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 12… Romanâ revertente consecrato, versùs Londoniam festinavit, & in Hospitio Episcopi Roffensis apud La Place …hurried

festum

noun

feast, festival Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 3… humiliora juga, montis Heclæ, præsertim circa festum divi Joannis, quando Sol totis 24. horis …feast

festus

adjective

festive, of a holiday Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.12… antiquos a Venere dixisse, cum nullus dies festus nullumque sacrificium insigne Veneri per hunc …feast

fetus

noun

offspring; crop, produce Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.6sic cum fetu sterili terra ieiuna est, neminem fames …with a harvest

fiber

beaver Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English beaver

The old breathy bh became b in English, German and Russian but f in Latin (fiber).

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

fictilis

adjective

earthenware, made of clay Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 84… quasi libum, mellis P. ≡ et ovum unum. catinum fictile oleo unguito. ubi omnia bene conmiscueris, in …earthenware

fidelis

noun

faithful, loyal; a believer Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.9… redeant, gentiles coguntur ut credant, uetus fidelium populus ad quietem uocatur, ad aciem recens et …of the faithful

fides

noun

faith, trust; good faith; belief Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.3ad omnia te paratum facere timor Dei et fides debet.faith
  • 12.4… nec debilitent aut frangant christiani fidem, sed potius ostendant in conluctatione …faith
  • 13.5… grassatur, tunc uirtus nostra perficitur, tunc fides si temptata perstiterit coronatur, sicut …faith
  • 13.6… nos aduersa non auocant a uirtutis et fidei ueritate, sed conprobant in dolore.of faith
  • 14.1… uel caecatur aspectus, ad documentum proficit fidei.of faith
  • 14.2… et temporis munus amplecti, quod dum nostram fidem firmiter promimus et labore tolerato ad ‖306‖ …faith

fido

verb

trust, rely on Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.4… rapiuntur iniusti: datur uelocius tutela fidentibus, perfidis poena.to those who trust

fiducia

noun

trust, confidence Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4… sit omnis iniuria malorum praesentium fiducia futurorum bonorum.through trust

figo

verb

fix, fasten; pierce Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 2… mentis non capiunt, id calumnientur: legesque figant injuriosas humano generi; quibus sanè legibus …fix

figulus

noun

potter Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.5… coronatur, sicut scriptum est: uasa figuli probat fornax et homines iustos temptatio …of the potter

filius

noun

son Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.1… Deo placuit, quia ut placeret Deo nec amittere filium timuit nec gerere parricidium recusauit.son
  • 12.2qui filium non potes lege et sorte mortalitatis amittere, …son
  • 12.2… sorte mortalitatis amittere, quid faceres, si filium iubereris occidere?son

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.34… dictatoris, legem ferente M. Antonio M. filio consule, Iulius appellatus est, quod hoc mense …son

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 10… ei pœnitudinis diuturnæ, ob amissum temeritate filium, vivus et ornatus attuli. Vergebat tunc annus …son
  • 10… ut quæ scientiæ suæ, quam solam possideret, filium hæredem sit relictura.son
  • 11… in hunc ferè modum? Prospectum est Duracote fili, non cæteris solùm provinciis, in quas venisti, …son
  • 69… Dæmone narrante, et auditoribus, Duracoto filio cum matre Fiolxhildi, ut erant obvolutis …son

findō

split Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English bite

Bite once meant "to split." The old bh became b in English and Gothic and f in Latin; Sanskrit kept bh. The old d became t in Germanic.

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fingo

verb

shape, form; invent, pretend Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 20.2… ‖310‖ praeuaricatores sumus, si simulata, si ficta, si fucata uidentur esse quae dicimus.false

finis

noun

end; boundary, limit; territory Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.8… etsi non singuli, tamen universi ad anni finem necessario concurrerent.end

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.35… mense in potestatem populi Romani redacta sit, finisque hoc mense bellis ciuilibus inpositus sit, atque …and an end
  • 13.3… respicientem ac prospicientem transacti anni finem futurique principia, secundum dicauit Februo …the end
  • 14.12nam ideo nouos dies circa finem cuiusque mensis inseruit, ubi finem omnium, …the end
  • 14.12… dies circa finem cuiusque mensis inseruit, ubi finem omnium, quae in mense erant, repperit feriarum, …the end

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 10… spirantem, et eadem, quæ olim, factitantem; finemque ei pœnitudinis diuturnæ, ob amissum temeritate …and an end

finitimus

adjective

neighboring; neighbor Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.4Numae ordinationem finitimi mox secuti totidem diebus totidemque mensibus, …the neighbors

fio

verb

become, happen; be made, be done Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… pluviae fuerint, quae opera per imbrem fieri potuerint, dolia lavari picari, villam purgari, …to be done
  • 2.3… transferri, stercus foras efferri, stercilinum fieri, semen purgari, funes sarciri, novos fieri; …to be made
  • 2.3… fieri, semen purgari, funes sarciri, novos fieri; centones, cuculiones familiam oportuisse sibi …to be made
  • 2.3… spinas runcari, expinsi far, munditias fieri. cum servi aegrotarint, cibaria tanta dari non …to be done
  • 5.2… exerceat, consideret, quae dominus imperaverit fiant. ne plus censeat sapere se quam dominum.be done
  • 5.4… facere, et id faciat saepe, dum ne lassus fiat:he becomes

Fiolxhildis

name

Fiolxhilde, a woman's name Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 2… quam veteres Thulen dixêre: mater erat Fiolxhildis, quæ nuper mortua, scribendi mihi peperit …Fiolxhilde
  • 69… et auditoribus, Duracoto filio cum matre Fiolxhildi, ut erant obvolutis capitibus, ad me reversus, …Fiolxhilde

firmiter

adverb

firmly Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.2… munus amplecti, quod dum nostram fidem firmiter promimus et labore tolerato ad ‖306‖ Christum …firmly

fixus

adjective

fixed, fastened; fixed star Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 20Etsi siderum fixorum aspectus tota Levania habet nobiscum eosdem; …fixed
  • 24… ut nobis in uno anno 365 Soles, et 366. sphæræ fixarum, seu præcisiùs in 4 annis 1461. Soles, sed …of the fixed stars
  • 24… in 4 annis 1461. Soles, sed 1465. sphæræ fixarum volvuntur: Sic illis in uno anno Sol duodecies, …of the fixed stars
  • 24… Sic illis in uno anno Sol duodecies, sphæra fixarum tredecies, seu præcisiùs in 8 annis Sol 99ies, …of the fixed stars
  • 24… seu præcisiùs in 8 annis Sol 99ies, sphæræ fixarum centies septies circumit. Sed familiarior est …of the fixed stars
  • 24… annis Sol oritur ducenties tricies quinquies, fixæ verò ducenties quinquagies quater.the fixed stars
  • 35… eo paulò minus, quibus et Sol major, et sub fixis tardus, et venti nulli. Itaque immensus æstus. …the fixed stars

Flaccus

name

Flaccus, a Roman surname Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.15non tamen negat Verrius Flaccus hoc die postea constitutum, ut matronae Veneri …Flaccus

flagellum

noun

whip, scourge Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.1Sic et apostolus Paulus post naufragia, post flagella, post carnis et corporis multa et grauia …whippings

flamen

noun

flamen, priest of one god; breeze Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.6… ingrediente mense tam in regia curiisque atque flaminum domibus laureae ueteres nouis laureis …of the flamens
  • 12.18… dicit uxorem, argumentoque utitur, quod flamen Vulcanalis Kalendis Maiis huic deae rem diuinam …the flamen

flamma

noun

flame, fire Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.6… saeculo recedentem perennibus poenis aeterna flamma torquebit.flame

flatus

noun

breath, breeze, blowing Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… fortia et robusta contemnunt inanes paleae flatu portante rapiuntur.breeze

Flavius

name

Flavius, a Roman family name Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.2… statae definitionis coegit, adnitente sibi M. Flauio scriba, qui scriptos dies singulos ita ad …Flavius

flecto

verb

bend, turn Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… uel metu mortis extinguant, an ceruicem flectant superbi, an audaciam leniant inprobi, an …bend

flōrēscō

verb

begin to flower; flourish Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.14… mensis uocatur ab eo, quod hoc tempore cuncta florescant.come into flower

On the way to English flourish

  1. Latin · early 400sflōrēscō · begin to flower, flourish
  2. Middle English · about 1390florissheth · flourishes, blooms
  3. Early Modern English · 1580florish · flourish, thrive
  4. English todayflourish

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flōs

flower, blossom Drafted; not yet checked.

On the way to English flower

  1. Latin · 77 CEflōs · a flower, a blossom
  2. Middle English · about 1390flour · a flower
  3. Early Modern English · 1623flowres · flowers
  4. English todayflower

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fluctus

noun

wave, billow Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… nauis quae forti conpage solidata est pulsatur fluctibus nec foratur, et quando area fruges terit, …by waves

fluxus

noun

flowing, flux Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.1Hoc quod nunc corporis uires solutus in fluxum uenter euiscerat, quod in faucium uulnera …flux

focus

noun

hearth, fireplace Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75… bene. inde panem facito, folia subdito, in foco caldo sub testu coquito leniter.hearth
  • 76.4… indito, postea solum contrahito ornatoque focum † de ve primo temperatoque, tunc placentam …the hearth

fodio

verb

dig, dig up Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… viam publicam muniri, vepres recidi, hortum fodiri, pratum purgari, virgas vinciri, spinas …to be dug

folium

noun

leaf, petal Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 75… et una permisceto bene. inde panem facito, folia subdito, in foco caldo sub testu coquito …leaves

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.3.1Rosatum sic facies: folia rosarum, albo sublato, lino inseris et sutilis …leaves, petals
  • 1.3.2Rosatum sine rosa sic facies: folia citri viridia in sportella palmea in dolium …leaves, petals

for

verb

speak, say Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… pleraque eorum, quæ tu vel oculis notasti, vel fando accepisti, vel ex libris hausisti, eodem quo tu …by hearsay

foras

adverb

out, outdoors Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… villam purgari, frumentum transferri, stercus foras efferri, stercilinum fieri, semen purgari, …outside

forēs

door Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English door

The old breathy dh became d in English and Gothic, f in Latin and th in Greek. Latin forēs is plural, "the doors."

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foris

adverb

outside, out of doors; door Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.1… vel nucleis vel pipere trito infercies. sale foris contingis, frigis in melle cocto, et inferes.outside

forma

noun

form, shape; beauty Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 19Sequitur, ut de ipsius provinciæ forma dicam, exorsus, more Geographorum, ab ijs, quæ …form

formo

verb

shape, form Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.8… mense sublato annum civilem ad solis cursum formavit.he shaped

fornax

noun

furnace, oven, kiln Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.5… sicut scriptum est: uasa figuli probat fornax et homines iustos temptatio tribulationis.furnace

foro

verb

bore, pierce Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… conpage solidata est pulsatur fluctibus nec foratur, et quando area fruges terit, uentos grana …is pierced

forsan

adverb

perhaps Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.1… potuit, uel quia Graecorum obseruatione forsan instructus est, quinquaginta dies addidit, ut …perhaps

fortasse

adverb

perhaps Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 uses

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 17.1Sed fortasse aliquis opponat et dicat: ‘hoc me ergo in …perhaps

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 35… habent effectus hinc et inde: adeò ut rectiùs fortassè Privolvarum hemisphærium dici possit …perhaps

fortis

adjective

strong; brave Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.4at ex agricolis et viri fortissimi et milites strenuissimi gignuntur, maximeque …bravest

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… uentis incumbentibus non mouetur et nauis quae forti conpage solidata est pulsatur fluctibus nec …strong
  • 12.8… et quando area fruges terit, uentos grana fortia et robusta contemnunt inanes paleae flatu …strong
  • 15.9… recens et copiosus exercitus robore ‖307‖ fortiore colligitur pugnaturus sine metu mortis, cum …greater

fortitudo

noun

courage; strength Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.3… sunt nobis ista, non funera: dant animo fortitudinis gloriam, contemptu mortis praeparant ad …of courage

fossa

noun

ditch, trench Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… oportuisse sibi sarcire. per ferias potuisse fossas veteres tergeri, viam publicam muniri, vepres …ditches

Francofurtum

name

Frankfurt Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 68… pluviæ, somnum mihi dissolvit, unaque libri Francofurti allati extrema abolevit.from Frankfurt

frangō

verb

break, shatter Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4… ista sed proelia, nec debilitent aut frangant christiani fidem, sed potius ostendant in …break

Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 4.2.9… suffundes ex suco, fricabis. postea ova VIII frangis, <mittis> vini cyathum unum semis et passi …you break
  • 7.13.3Aliter dulcia: siligineos rasos frangis, et buccellas maiores facies. in lacte …you break

Relatives of English break

The old breathy bh became b in English, German and Gothic but f in Latin (frangere, which also gains an n).

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frāter

noun

brother Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.5inprouidi et ingrati sumus, fratres dilectissimi, ad beneficia diuina nec quid …brothers
  • 16.1Quid deinde illud, fratres dilectissimi, quale est, quam pertinens, quam …brothers
  • 19.4audiuit frater noster et collega moriturus quod ceteris …brother
  • 20.1… ut contestarer adsidue, ut publice praedicarem fratres nostros non esse lugendos arcessitione dominica …brothers

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 1Cum anno 1608. ferverent dissidia inter fratres Imp. Rudolphum et Matthiam Archiducem; eorumque …brothers

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Sanskrit kept the breathy bh; English and German have b, and Latin f.

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fraudo

verb

cheat, defraud Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… characteres, explicatis, ipsam hoc lucello fraudassem: mater irâ succensa, me loco sacculi Nauclero …I had cheated

frequenter

adverb

often, frequently Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 20.1… et extremis quotiens reuelatum est, quam frequenter adque manifeste de Dei dignatione praeceptum …often

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14… assiduo usu consumunt, aut qui navibus frequenter Indias adeunt, pane biscocto, allio, piscibus …often

fretum

noun

strait, channel; sea Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 4… Nordwegiam et Angliam delatus, Daniam petijt, fretumque emensus, cùm haberet literas Episcopi …and the strait

frico

verb

rub, rub down Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 4.2.9… mittes in mortarium, suffundes liquamen, fricabis. postea mittes liquaminis cyathum unum semis, …you will grind, rub
  • 4.2.9… piperis scripulos VIII. suffundes ex suco, fricabis. postea ova VIII frangis, <mittis> vini cyathum …you will grind, rub

frigeo

verb

be cold Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 57… ut planè parum de ijs extet, arente contrà et frigente Hemisphærio Privolvano, quippe subtractis …cooling

frigidus

adjective

cold, cool Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.12.1… vas picari et gypsari facies, et in locum frigidum, ubi sol accessum non habet, reponi facies, et, …cold

frigo

verb

roast, fry Drafted; not yet checked.

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 7.13.1… pipere trito infercies. sale foris contingis, frigis in melle cocto, et inferes.you fry
  • 7.13.3… buccellas maiores facies. in lacte infundis, frigis, ex [in] oleo, mel superfundis et inferes.you fry

frigus

noun

cold, chill; winter Drafted; not yet checked.

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.39… conueniret, non numquam usu ueniebat, ut frigus anni aestiuis mensibus et contra calor …the cold

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 11… sed nostræ etiam patriæ. Etsi enim nos urgent frigora et tenebræ, aliaque incommoda, quæ nunc demùm …colds
  • 15… Tunc excipit nova difficultas, ingens frigus, et prohibita respiratio, quorum illi, ingenita …cold
  • 56… Volvæ tamen præsentia terras illustrat, et à frigore custodit. Tanta quippe moles, tantus splendor, …cold

frūctus

noun

fruit, produce, crop; profit; enjoyment Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 1.4… sient: ubi non erunt, scito pro ratione fructum esse. instrumenti ne magni siet, loco bono …yield, harvest

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  1. Latin · about 160 BCEfrūctus · produce, a crop; enjoyment
  2. Middle English · about 1390fruyt · fruit; the useful part
  3. Early Modern English · 1623fruite · fruit
  4. English todayfruit

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frumentarius

adjective

of grain Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 1.6… quarto oletum, quinto pratum, sexto campus frumentarius, septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono …for grain

frumentum

noun

grain, wheat Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1… reliqua sient conficere, et quid factum vini, frumenti aliarumque rerum omnium.of grain
  • 2.3… dolia lavari picari, villam purgari, frumentum transferri, stercus foras efferri, stercilinum …grain
  • 2.7… vendat oleum, si pretium habeat, vinum, frumentum quod supersit vendat: boves vetulos, armenta …grain

fruor

verb

enjoy, delight in Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 21… altero Privolvarum: quorum illud perpetuò fruitur suâ volvâ, quæ est illis vice nostræ Lunæ; hoc …enjoys
  • 38… in Levania, speculatio Volvæ suæ, cujus illi fruuntur conspectu in compensationem Lunæ nostræ; qua …enjoy

frux

noun

fruits of the earth, crops Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… pulsatur fluctibus nec foratur, et quando area fruges terit, uentos grana fortia et robusta …crops

fuco

verb

dye, color, paint Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 20.2… sumus, si simulata, si ficta, si fucata uidentur esse quae dicimus.painted on

Fulvius

name

Fulvius, a Roman family name Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.2… scripserunt: sed magis Iunio Gracchano et Fulvio et Varroni et Suetonio aliisque credendum, qui …Fulvius
  • 20.4postea sive a Numa, ut ait Fulvius, sive, ut Iunius, a Tarquinio XII facti sunt …Fulvius
  • 22.9Nomina decem mensibus antiquis Romulum fecisse Fulvius et Iunius auctores sunt. et quidem duos primos …Fulvius

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.16… nomine inter auctores lata dissensio est. nam Fulvius Nobilior in fastis, quos in aede Herculis …Fulvius

fundo

verb

pour out; found, establish Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8arbor quae alta radice fundata est uentis incumbentibus non mouetur et nauis …founded

fundus

noun

farm, estate; bottom Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.1… villam venit, ubi larem familiarem salutavit, fundum eodem die, si potest, circumeat; si non eodem …farm
  • 2.1… die, at postridie. ubi cognovit, quo modo fundus cultus siet operaque quae facta infectaque …farm

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The old breathy bh became b in English and German, f in Latin (fundus) and p in Greek (pythmēn).

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Looks like English fund

It means something else. A fundus was the bottom of anything, and in farm talk a piece of land: an estate or farm. Fund, a store of money, comes from the “bottom, foundation” sense.

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funebris

adjective

of a funeral; mournful Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.4… de uxore, de liberis, de excedentibus caris funebris et tristis auulsio: non sint tibi offendicula …mournful

fungor

verb

perform, carry out; serve Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.7… quo quis magistratu citius abiret diutiusve fungeretur aut publici redemtor ex anni magnitudine in …might serve

funis

noun

rope, cord Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 2.3… efferri, stercilinum fieri, semen purgari, funes sarciri, novos fieri; centones, cuculiones …ropes

funus

noun

funeral; death Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.3exercitia sunt nobis ista, non funera: dant animo fortitudinis gloriam, contemptu …funerals

fur

noun

thief Drafted; not yet checked.

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.1… sic habuerunt et ita in legibus posiverunt, furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli. quanto …a thief
  • pr.1… peiorem civem existimarint feneratorem quam furem, hinc licet existimare.a thief

furca

noun

fork; pitchfork; forked prop Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14… trita est ratio, hircos nocturnos, aut furcas, aut trita pallia inequitandi, trajiciendique …forks

furo

verb

rage, rave, be mad Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 16.1… suam conprimant, an rapaces auaritiae furentis insatiabilem semper ardorem uel metu mortis …raging

futurum

noun

the future Drafted; not yet checked.

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.8… eum annum dierum CCCCXLV, simul providens in futurum ne iterum erraretur: nam intercalario mense …the future

futurus

adjective

future, coming, about to be Drafted; not yet checked.

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.1… et non hic omnia aduersa perpessus ad futuram laetitiam reseruetur.coming
  • 12.4… sit omnis iniuria malorum praesentium fiducia futurorum bonorum.coming
  • 19.1… indicia clarescerent quod Dominus praescius futurorum suis consulat ad ueram salutem, cum quidam de …of the future
  • 19.3… ad praesens desiderium sed consulit in futurum.the future

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.3… ac prospicientem transacti anni finem futurique principia, secundum dicauit Februo deo, qui …and of the coming [year]