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vii Contents Acknowledgements page ix Note to the reader xi introduction Introduction 3 Historical background 4 Chronology 6 Life and works 7 The sources of the Etymologies 10 The character of the Etymologies 17 The influence of the Etymologies 24 Editions of the Etymologies and this translation 27 Bibliography 29 the etymologies Analytical table of contents 34 book i Grammar 39 book ii Rhetoric and dialectic 69 book iii Mathematics, music, astronomy 89 book iv Medicine 109 book v Laws and times 117 book vi Books and ecclesiastical offices 135 book vii God, angels, and saints 153 book viii The Church and sects 173 book ix Languages, nations, reigns, the military, citizens, family relationships 191 book x Vocabulary 213 book xi The human being and portents 231 book xii Animals 247 book xiii The cosmos and its parts 271 book xiv The earth and its parts 285 book xv Buildings and fields 301
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Page 8: The Etymologies of Isidore of Sevil
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to establish educational centers at
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Hrabanus treated in another book) b
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are based on contraries, so that
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works ofIsidore of Seville were a m
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Editions of the Etymologies and thi
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Modern editions and translations of
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Additional sources Buckland, W. W.
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The first table below, within quota
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36 Analytical table of contents xiv
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38 Forconventions used in the trans
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40 I.iii.6.-iv.4 Isidore of Seville
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42 I.iv.18-vii.7 Isidore of Seville
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44 I.vii.29-viii.4 Isidore of Sevil
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46 I.ix.7.-xiv Isidore of Seville -
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48 I.xvii.13-xvii.28 Isidore of Sev
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50 I.xix.6-xxi.5 Isidore of Seville
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52 I.xxiii.2-xxvii.3 Isidore of Sev
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54 I.xxvii.21-xxix.1 Isidore of Sev
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56 I.xxxii.5-xxxiv.6 Isidore of Sev
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58 I.xxxv.5-xxxvi.5 Isidore of Sevi
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60 I.xxxvi.18-xxxvii.5 Isidore of S
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62 I.xxxvii.14-xxxvii.21 Isidore of
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64 I.xxxvii.32-xxxix.6 Isidore of S
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66 I.xxxix.19-xl.5 Isidore of Sevil
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i. Rhetoric and its name (De rhetor
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(scriptum et voluntas), contradicto
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the same thing,” and so forth, up
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from clauses. 2.Acomma is the marki
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16.Some comparative (comparativus)(
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that we may be permitted to say som
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the genus, then we subjoin the spec
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(interpretatio), 27 specifically be
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most fully designates what a human
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The argument is called ‘by contra
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Book III Mathematics (De mathematic
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a shared number besides the number
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means. First, you seek out means in
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than 9, for8 is acube(cubus) orasol
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13.Aharsh (asperus)voiceishoarse, a
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You make this number into a square,
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xli. The twin faces of the sky (De
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third has a half, thus: (fig.). The
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8. Arctophylax (i.e. the “bear-ke
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Not only those learned in the Chris
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110 IV.vi.1-vi.19 Isidore of Sevill
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112 IV.vii.24-viii.11 Isidore of Se
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114 IV.ix.8-xi.6 Isidore of Seville
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Book V Laws and times (De legibus e
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(satura) istocomposerichlyvaried po
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ecause not just one witness swears
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a hostile lawsuit, called from ‘u
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27.Report does not possess a trustw
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not cotidie,seeingthatitis‘onever
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qualities of moisture, dryness, hea
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2905 In his 132 nd year Reu begot S
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5502 Diocletian, 20 years. After sa
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136 VI.ii.1-ii.19 Isidore of Sevill
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138 VI.ii.37-iii.2 Isidore of Sevil
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140 VI.viii.3-ix.2 Isidore of Sevil
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142 VI.xiii.1-xv.5 Isidore of Sevil
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144 VI.xvii.3-xvii.19 Isidore of Se
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146 VI.xviii.6-xix.2 Isidore of Sev
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148 VI.xix.22-xix.40 Isidore of Sev
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150 VI.xix.58-xix.74 Isidore of Sev
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i. God (De deo) 1.The most blessed
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35. There are certain terms applied
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oth the Son and the Holy Spirit, as
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of God than the Holy Spirit. 20.Iti
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strength is displayed, Gabriel is s
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so named as a presaging of his futu
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Lord.” Joash, “he who breathes
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from destruction by uncovering thei
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John, because of that question (Joh
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that some use a particular name to
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Book VIII The Church and sects (De
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orn (genitus)fromthese, and when th
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they assert that the Son is not lik
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3.Sohenceforth it was pleasing to l
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the same time - or from the platter
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called astrologers (mathematicus);
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will pretend that he is Christ, and
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Pythius. Whence also he established
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87. Fauns (faunus) were so called f
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Book IX Languages, nations, reigns,
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stock of Shem, holding the southern
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those people Phoenicians and the pr
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practice of viticulture to them. Be
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composed of various nations, sought
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with a verysevereedict,andafterthis
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are bound for twenty-five years. 54
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the frontiers burgi.Hence also the
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11.Son(filius)and daughter (filia)a
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11.Theterm‘maternal sister’ (ge
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cover the heavens. Whence the weddi
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1. People are for the most part una
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much distinguishes benignus from bo
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as if mutilated. 63. Consumed (cons
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says or promises ‘is done’ (fie
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strength; the opposite of an illust
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now that. Slippery (lubricus), beca
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189. Anuntius is [both] “one who
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(cf. John 13:5): “He was girded (
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248. Stupefied(stupidus), “rather
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i. Human beings and their parts (De
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they also say for shearing. From t
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58.Thegullet (gurgulio) derives its
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(cartilago) because it ‘lacks pai
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kindled, it may be moderated by the
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pass because, just as a great deal
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Physiologists maintain that human b
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uncertain are also commonly called
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i. Livestock and beasts of burden (
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Latin speakers call them triones (i
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at repulsive animal faces, such cyn
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Thus with her tongue the bear shape
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for the future and prepares during
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poison. Whatever spring it was in,
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is an animal armed with a sting, an
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crest may kill a crocodile by sawin
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slowly when they carry the right fo
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‘entire’ is called . Thecycnus
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43. Theraven(corvus), or corax, tak
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is a larger thrush, as it were. It
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Now inthis little book we have note
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curved and inclined and bent in the
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xi. Winds (De ventis) 1. Wind is ai
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through hot passages, it is affecte
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for this reason, that at one time S
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twisting it flows into the Dead Sea
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came to him by boat, seeking refuge
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286 XIV.iii.5-iii.17 Isidore of Sev
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288 XIV.iii.31-iii.41 Isidore of Se
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290 XIV.iv.7-iv.14 Isidore of Sevil
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292 XIV.iv.28-v.10 Isidore of Sevil
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294 XIV.vi.2-vi.13 Isidore of Sevil
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296 XIV.vi.27-vi.39 Isidore of Sevi
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298 XIV.viii.3-viii.18 Isidore of S
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300 XIV.viii.41-viii.11 Isidore of
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302 XV.i.14-i.29 Isidore of Seville
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304 XV.i.49-i.66 Isidore of Seville
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306 XV.ii.7-ii.25 Isidore of Sevill
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308 XV.ii.41-iii.9 Isidore of Sevil
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310 XV.iv.9-vi.2 Isidore of Seville
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312 XV.viii.2-ix.1 Isidore of Sevil
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314 XV.xii.3-xiii.17 Isidore of Sev
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316 XV.xvi.2-xvi.13 Isidore of Sevi
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318 XVI.ii.3-iii.2 Isidore of Sevil
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320 XVI.iv.4-iv.22 Isidore of Sevil
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322 XVI.v.13-vii.8 Isidore of Sevil
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324 XVI.viii.7-x.7 Isidore of Sevil
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326 XVI.xii.3-xiv.10 Isidore of Sev
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328 XVI.xv.25-xvii Isidore of Sevil
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330 XVI.xviii.14-xx.8 Isidore of Se
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332 XVI.xxii.1-xxv.4 Isidore of Sev
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334 XVI.xxv.23-xxvi.10 Isidore of S
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Book XVII Rural matters (De rebus r
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identify with Ceres. Concerning her
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from Syria or because itisblack.29.
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“apple, any fleshy tree-fruit,”
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26. The‘holmoak’(ilex) issocall
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lentus -whence osiers and vines are
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uniformly waxy, easily softened, un
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for its own and retains the glory o
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(animula matris) because it stimula
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leaves like the coriander’s, and
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means parsley (apium). The best and
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360 XVIII.i.11-ii.8 Isidore of Sevi
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362 XVIII.v.1-vii.4 Isidore of Sevi
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364 XVIII.ix.5-xiv.1 Isidore of Sev
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366 XVIII.xvi.3-xxvi Isidore of Sev
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368 XVIII.xxxiii.2-xl Isidore of Se
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370 XVIII.xlix-lix Isidore of Sevil
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Book XIX Ships, buildings, and clot
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certain wooden handles (malleolus),
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for it is an inviolable element, co
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should equal their width. There are
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is rated to be a lesser quality. Th
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This was called a penna (lit. ‘wi
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one coming from the outside, such a
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public (palam) that war (bellum) wa
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xxviii. Colorings for cloth (De col
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skin, but a mitra is made of wool.
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the edges of clothing, woven either
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396 XX.ii.12-ii.26 Isidore of Sevil
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398 XX.iii.3-iii.18 Isidore of Sevi
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400 XX.iv.14-vi.9 Isidore of Sevill
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402 XX.x.1-xi.1 Isidore of Seville
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404 XX.xiii.1-xiv.10 Isidore of Sev
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406 XX.xvi.7-xvi.8 Isidore of Sevil
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Correspondence of Isidore and Braul
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will not giveupandpretendthatIdonot
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found me in Toledo, for I had been
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General index The following index i
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amurca 348 amygdala 344 amylum 396
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asterisk 50 asterites 324 astrion 3
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acchium 235 bracelet 391 bracile 39
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casula 387 casus 44 cat 254 catachr
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cochleacius stone 378 cockcrow 127
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cultor 205 cultura 337 cultus 384 C
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drink 397-399 drinking-bowl 400 dro
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faith 173 falarica 363 falcastrum 4
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circus 367-369 gladiatorial 370 gym
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Hermogenian 176 Hermus (river) 281,
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intervallum 313 intestate 121 intes
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Lebanon, Mount 281, 295 lebes 401 l
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manor 314 mantelium 388 mantle 386
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moon 102, 104 distance from earth 1
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oenomelum 398 oenophorum 400 oestru
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pausia (olive) 347 pavement 312, 37
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porcus marinus 260 pore 236 Porphyr
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asp 383 rastrum 404 ratio 73, 80, 1
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scale (measure) 332 scale-armor 364
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smyris 321 Smyrna 289, 303 snail, w
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swelling 110 switch 124, 339, 342 s
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tower 306 town 305 tow-rope 376 tox
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Victorius 143 victory 360 victus 39
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Index ofGreekwords This index aims
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403 387 295 264, 265 ∗ 375 K
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Index of citations Enclosed in squa
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4.1129 206 5.503 275 5.516 405 5.74
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4.483 199 4.487 181 4.511 187 4.558
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Amos 2:13 155 3:7 167 Obadiah 1:1 1
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