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Latin: U

uber

udder, breast; rich, fertile Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English udder

The old breathy dh became d in English (udder), t in German (Euter), th in Greek (outhar) and b in Latin (uber).

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ubi

conjunction, adverb

where; when Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 23 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

  • 1.4… videto, vasa torcula et dolia multane sient: ubi non erunt, scito pro ratione fructum esse. …where
  • 2.1Pater familias ubi ad villam venit, ubi larem familiarem …when
  • 2.1Pater familias ubi ad villam venit, ubi larem familiarem salutavit, fundum eodem die, …when
  • 2.1… circumeat; si non eodem die, at postridie. ubi cognovit, quo modo fundus cultus siet operaque …when
  • 2.2ubi ea cognovit, rationem inire oportet operarum, …when
  • 2.2… servos aufugisse, opus publicum effecisse, ubi eas aliasque causas multas dixit, ad rationem …when

ubique

adverb

everywhere 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

  • 22.5… numero dierum inter se discrepant, sed dies ubique habent totos.everywhere

ullus

article or determiner

any Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 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)

  • 15.3hoc quod sine ullo discrimine generis humani cum iniustis …any

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… sed ne in carminibus quidem Saliorum Veneris ulla ut ceterorum caelestium laus celebretur.any
  • 12.39… quod ubi contigisset, tantum dierum sine ullo mensis nomine patiebantur absumi, quantum ad id …any

ultimus

adjective

last, farthest 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

  • 13.14… mensis Februarius deputatus est, quoniam is ultimus anni erat, quod etiam ipsum de Graecorum …the last
  • 13.14… de Graecorum imitatione faciebant. nam et illi ultimo anni sui mensi superfluos interserebant dies, …in the last
  • 13.15nam illi confecto ultimo mense, Romani non confecto Februario sed post …last
  • 14.3… eaque re factum est, ut annus confusionis ultimus in quadringentos quadraginta tres dies …the last
  • 14.6… mensis intercalabatur, id est ante quinque ultimos Februarii mensis dies, idque bissextum censuit …last

ultro

adverb

of one's own accord; besides 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… intercalando rem sibi ad corrigendum mandatam ultro quod depravarunt,actually

umbilicus

noun

navel; center 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

  • 39… apud eos, qui habitant in meditullio seu umbilico hujus Hemisphærij;) paulò minùs quadruplo …navel

Relatives of English navel

English and German begin with n where Latin and Greek have a vowel and m. Navel is the 'little nave', the hub of a wheel.

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umbra

noun

shade, shadow; ghost Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 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

  • 11… strepitumque hominum perosi, nostras appetunt umbras, et nobiscum familiariter conversantur. Sunt ex …shadows
  • 17… pòst obruturus, optato diversorio ejiciat, umbramque discedentem insequi cogat. Dantur ibi nobis …and the shadow
  • 17… Sole carere ceperit, junctis agminibus in umbram exspaciamur, et si illa mucrone suo, quod …the shadow

umerus

noun

shoulder 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… annis mater me manu trahens, interdumque humeris sublevans, crebrò adducere est solita in …on shoulders

umor

noun

moisture, liquid 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… verò in exiguum solatium æstus, suppeditatur humor.moisture

Looks like English humor

It means something else. Hūmor is moisture, liquid, a damp. Old medicine blamed the body’s four fluids (the humors) for moods, and from that comes our humor, a mood or a funny turn of mind.

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umquam

adverb

ever 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… nullis Volvæ radijs ne illa quidem illustratur unquam; itaque omnia rigent gelu et pruinis insuperque …ever

una

adverb

together 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

  • 75… cum caseo bene. ovum unum addito et una permisceto bene. inde panem facito, folia …together
  • 84… modo facito. farinae selibram, casei P. II S una conmisceto quasi libum, mellis P. ≡ et ovum …together

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… cum strepitu pluviæ, somnum mihi dissolvit, unaque libri Francofurti allati extrema abolevit.and together

uncia

noun

a twelfth; ounce; inch 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

  • 7.13.8… ex lacte: ova quattuor, lactis heminam, olei unciam in se dissolvis, ita ut unum corpus facias. in …uncia (a twelfth)

On the way to English inch

  1. Latin · about 400uncia · a twelfth; an ounce; an inch
  2. Middle English · about 1390ynche · an inch
  3. Early Modern English · 1623inch · an inch
  4. English todayinch

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unde

adverb

from where, whence Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 7 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

  • 76.1Placentam sic facito. farinae siligineae L. II, unde solum facias, in tracta farinae L. IIII et …from which

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… mensum putarunt fuisse, ut tunc Albanis erat, unde orti Romani.from whom
  • 21.6… nonagensimus primus, et quidem ex Parilibus, unde urbis anni numerantur;from which
  • 21.7… tertius, sed ex die Kal. Ianuariarum, unde Iulius Caesar anni a se constituti fecit …from which
  • 22.9… patre, Aprilem ab Aphrodite, id est Venere, unde maiores eius oriundi dicebantur. proximos duos …from whom
  • 22.15… salem calidum ferunt, quod februum appellant, unde dies Lupercalium proprie februatus et ab eo …whence

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

  • 12.8… Aphrilem, a spuma quam Graeci ἀφρὸν uocant, unde orta Venus creditur, et hanc Romuli asserunt …from where

undequaque

adverb

from all sides, from anywhere 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

  • 7… stipendia, à suis Parochianis vel alienis undequaque recipere, hujusmodi exilitate proventuum …from anywhere

undetriceni

number

twenty-nine each 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

  • 20.9… decem, quos per septem menses, qui dies undetricenos habebant, ita discriberet, ut Ianuario et …twenty-nine each

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

  • 13.4… sed hoc solo discrepabant, quod menses undetricenum tricenumque numero alternauerunt.of twenty-nine each
  • 13.6… Iunius Sextilis September Nouember December undetricenis censebantur diebus, et quintanas Nonas …twenty-nine each

undetriginta

number

twenty-nine 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

  • 20.5… dies LVII, et ex his duo menses, Ianuarius undetriginta dierum, Februarius duodetriginta. adque ita …twenty-nine
  • 22.5luna autem singulos suos menses conficit diebus undetriginta circiter et dimidiato, sed et hos inter se …twenty-nine

undeviginti

number

nineteen 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

  • 24… Sed familiarior est ipsis circulus annorum novendecim. Etenim in tot annis Sol oritur ducenties …nineteen

undique

adverb

from all sides, everywhere 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

  • 8… viro debili & paralitico; qui pecuniam magnam undique mutuans ad magnam summam, inutiliter Papam eam …from all sides

unguen

noun

fat, ointment 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

  • 79… quantos voles facere facito. in ahenum caldum unguen indito. singulos aut binos coquito versatoque …fat

unguo

verb

grease, anoint Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 4 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

  • 76.4… bis aut ter. ubi cocta erit, eximito et melle unguito. haec erit placenta semodialis.spread
  • 79… duabus rudibus, coctos eximito, eos melle unguito, papaver infriato, ita ponito.spread
  • 84… mellis P. ≡ et ovum unum. catinum fictile oleo unguito. ubi omnia bene conmiscueris, in catinum …grease
  • 84… est. ubi coctum erit, catinum eximito, melle unguito, papaver infriato, sub testum subde paulisper, …spread

universus

adjective

all together, whole, universal 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

  • 22.8… veris illis solaribus, etsi non singuli, tamen universi ad anni finem necessario concurrerent.all together

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

  • 13.5… parem facerent, unus pari numero institutus uniuersam putationem imparem fecit.whole

unus

number, adjective

one; alone, only Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 33 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… indito permiscetoque cum caseo bene. ovum unum addito et una permisceto bene. inde panem …one
  • 84… conmisceto quasi libum, mellis P. ≡ et ovum unum. catinum fictile oleo unguito. ubi omnia bene …one

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… varietas facile est cognoscere, si quis vel in unius Italiae gentibus, ne dicam peregrinis, velit …of one alone
  • 20.1… civiles annos varie intercalandis mensibus ad unum illum verum naturalemque corrigere.one
  • 20.4… CCCLIIII dies videbatur explere. sed ut dies unus abundaret, aut per inprudentiam accidit, aut, …one
  • 20.5certe ad annum priorem unus et quinquaginta dies accesserunt: qui quia …one

urbs

noun

city; Rome 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

  • 21.6… primus, et quidem ex Parilibus, unde urbis anni numerantur;of the city
  • 22.10… arbitratus auctores eorum antiquiores quam urbem fuisse satis argute docet.the city

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… consulatum inierit, et triumphos tres in urbem intulerit, et ex Ianiculo legiones deductae …the city

urgeo

verb

press, push; urge 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… sed nostræ etiam patriæ. Etsi enim nos urgent frigora et tenebræ, aliaque incommoda, quæ nunc …press

usque

adverb

all the way, as far as; continuously Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 6 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

  • 76.4… linito, tracta addito singulatim, item linito usque adeo, donec omne caseum cum melle abusus eris. …all the way

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

  • 22.9… ceteros ab ordine quo singuli erant, Quintilem usque Decembrem perinde a numero.all the way

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

  • 12.37… infausta uitantium, mensibus a Septembri usque ad Decembrem prisca nomina reseruauit.all the way
  • 13.7… post Idus decem et septem dies in singulis usque ad sequentes Kalendas putabantur, sed solus …all the way
  • 14.13… edicto palam posito publicauit, et huc usque stare potuisset, ni sacerdotes sibi errorem …all the way

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

  • 17… diutinam custodiam; quòd durante isto saeculo usque ad diem judicii creditur ea non posse reparari.right up

usquequaque

adverb

everywhere, in every way 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

  • 22.14… et purum facere. februum autem non idem usquequaque dicitur: nam aliter in aliis sacris februatur, …everywhere

usurpatio

noun

use; seizure, usurpation 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

  • 12.37… aere uel saxo placuit eradi, menses quoque usurpatione tyrannicae appellationis exuti sunt: cautio …of the seizure

usus

noun

use; practice, experience; need Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 2 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

  • 12.39… neque lunae rationibus conueniret, non numquam usu ueniebat, ut frigus anni aestiuis mensibus et …in practice

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… sed legimus eos, qui ætatem veredorum assiduo usu consumunt, aut qui navibus frequenter Indias …use

ut

conjunction, adverb

so that, in order that; as, how Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 116 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.3… studiosumque rei quaerendae existimo, verum, ut supra dixi, periculosum et calamitosum.as
  • pr.4… sunt qui in eo studio occupati sunt. nunc ut ad rem redeam, quod promisi institutum …so that
  • 1.1… quom parare cogitabis, sic in animo habeto, uti ne cupide emas neve opera tua parcas visere et …that
  • 1.1… in bona regione bene nitere oportebit. et uti eo introeas et circumspicias, uti inde exire …that
  • 1.1… et uti eo introeas et circumspicias, uti inde exire possis. uti bonum caelum habeat, ne …so that
  • 1.1… et circumspicias, uti inde exire possis. uti bonum caelum habeat, ne calamitosum siet, solo …that

uterque

pronoun, article or determiner

each (of two), both Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 6 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

  • 76.1… erit, farinae L. IIII paulatim addito. id utrumque tracta facito. in qualo, ubi arescant, …both

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… altera armis rem publicam tueretur, in honorem utriusque partis hunc Maium, sequentem Iunium mensem …of each

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

  • 2… de mirabilibus mundi; & Ordines celebravit in utroque loco certis interstitiis temporum.both

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

  • 23Quæ igitur utrique sunt communia hemisphærio, primo loco …to both
  • 24… annorum 8 varietur, infrà erit dicendum. Sub utroque verò polorum, in compensationem noctis, Sol …each
  • 55… hæc de apparentijs in LEVANIAE hemisphærio utroque tàm Subvolvano, quàm Privolvano. Ex quibus non …both

uti

conjunction

so that, in order that; as 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

  • 5… dedit Studiosis, quos magno numero alebat, uti mecum crebrò loquerentur, factumque …that

utilis

adjective

useful 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

  • 15… in locum propositum. Sed parum nobis est utilis hæc ῥοπὴ, quia nimis tarda: itaque nutu ut dixi …useful

utor

verb

use; enjoy 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

  • 5.1Haec erunt vilici officia. disciplina bona utatur. feriae serventur. alieno manum abstineat, sua …let him use

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

  • 1.3.1… et vinum colas, et, cum ad bibendum voles uti, addito melle rosatum conficies. sane custodito …to use
  • 1.3.2… cum necesse fuerit, mel addes et pro rosato utere.use
  • 1.7.1… sed vas pendeat, et, quando volueris, utere. hoc hieme melius fit, aestate paucis diebus …use

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

  • 12.18… Maia, quam Vulcani dicit uxorem, argumentoque utitur, quod flamen Vulcanalis Kalendis Maiis huic …he uses

uva

noun

grape, bunch of grapes 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

  • 1.12.1Vvae ut diu serventur: accipies uvas de vite …grapes
  • 1.12.1Vvae ut diu serventur: accipies uvas de vite inlaesas, et aquam pluvialem ad tertias …grapes
  • 1.12.1… tertias decoques, et mittis in vas, in quo et uvas mittis. vas picari et gypsari facies, et in …grapes
  • 1.12.1… non habet, reponi facies, et, quando volueris, uvas virides invenies. et ipsam aquam pro hydromelli …grapes

uxor

noun

wife Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 3 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)

  • 12.4… adsidua membrorum et cruenta uexatio, sit de uxore, de liberis, de excedentibus caris funebris et …wife

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

  • 12.18… nominatum putat a Maia, quam Vulcani dicit uxorem, argumentoque utitur, quod flamen Vulcanalis …wife
  • 12.18… Maiis huic deae rem diuinam facit. sed Piso uxorem Vulcani Maiestam non Maiam dicit uocari.the wife