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The Etymologies of Isidore of Sevil
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We dedicate this translation to ben
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viii Contents book xvi Stones and m
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This translation is based on the La
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INTRODUCTION
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4 introduction In the following int
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6 introduction Although he ordered
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8 introduction King Reccared. 17 Ou
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10 introduction History of the Vand
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12 introduction scientific and natu
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14 introduction citations give an i
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16 introduction On buildings and fi
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18 introduction The guess that Isid
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20 introduction by topic; the educa
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22 introduction that concern at one
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24 introduction but we also learn o
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26 introduction that Isidore is amo
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28 introduction presentation, in th
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30 Bibliography Bischoff, B. (1966,
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THE ETYMOLOGIES
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Signs used in law. xxiv. Military s
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Legumes. v. Vines. vi. Trees. vii.
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i. Discipline and art (De disciplin
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the sound of the letter will be a b
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position, and are not derived from
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haec et hoc (“this one (masc.) an
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meaningful phrases - expresses the
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afusion of two vowels into one syll
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have rendered with the same meaning
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4. Butsometimes letters are correct
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For example, flumen (“river”) i
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For stars are in no other place tha
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(“When companions and king be fou
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the sake of beauty, so that the spe
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the East Wind’; diminished as in
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we name one kind of verse senarius
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6. Thenthere are fables with a mora
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70 II.iv.7-v.9 Isidore of Seville i
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72 II.ix.5-ix.18 Isidore of Seville
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74 II.xii.6-xviii.1 Isidore of Sevi
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76 II.xxi.5-xxi.15 Isidore of Sevil
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78 II.xxi.29-xxi.48 Isidore of Sevi
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80 II.xxiv.8-xxv.2 Isidore of Sevil
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82 II.xxvi.7-xxvii.3 Isidore of Sev
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84 II.xxviii.14-xxix.2 Isidore of S
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86 II.xxix.13-xxx.8 Isidore of Sevi
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88 II.xxxi.2-xxxi.8 Isidore of Sevi
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90 III.iv.1-v.8 Isidore of Seville
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92 III.vi.9-viii.1 Isidore of Sevil
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94 III.xii.3-xiv.3 Isidore of Sevil
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96 III.xviii.1-xx.12 Isidore of Sev
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98 III.xxii.3-xxiii.1 Isidore of Se
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100 III.xxxi.1-xl Isidore of Sevill
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102 III.xlviii-liv.1 Isidore of Sev
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104 III.lxvi.1-lxxi.7 Isidore of Se
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106 III.lxxi.23-lxxi.39 Isidore of
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i. Medicine (De medicina) 1. Medici
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no time to anticipate life or death
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is recognized in this way: either w
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already desiccated (mortuus)andredu
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118 V.v-xvi Isidore of Seville v. W
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120 V.xxiv.10-xxiv.29 Isidore of Se
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122 V.xxv.21-xxvi.8 Isidore of Sevi
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124 V.xxvii.4-xxvii.26 Isidore of S
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126 V.xxx.3-xxx.18 Isidore of Sevil
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128 V.xxxiii.2-xxxv.1 Isidore of Se
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130 V.xxxvii.4-xxxix.6 Isidore of S
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132 V.xxxix.20-xxxix.35 Isidore of
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Book VI Books and ecclesiastical of
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fleeting and brief, and for this re
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the whole Old Testament into twenty
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among scribes, “You shall not str
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then the passage-number is in the s
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Church locates the moon of the firs
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ises when night falls. 3. Buttheoff
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things are called sacraments (sacra
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(conciliare) toGodwhenwearefirstcon
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154 VII.i.18-i.34 Isidore of Sevill
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156 VII.ii.12-ii.31 Isidore of Sevi
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158 VII.iii.3-iii.19 Isidore of Sev
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160 VII.iv.5-v.10 Isidore of Sevill
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162 VII.v.31-vi.17 Isidore of Sevil
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164 VII.vi.44-vi.70 Isidore of Sevi
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166 VII.vii.11-viii.9 Isidore of Se
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168 VII.viii.29-ix.5 Isidore of Sev
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170 VII.ix.24-xii.8 Isidore of Sevi
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172 VII.xii.29-xiv.10 Isidore of Se
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174 VIII.ii.7-iv.7 Isidore of Sevil
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176 VIII.v.18-v.39 Isidore of Sevil
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178 VIII.v.61-vi.2 Isidore of Sevil
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180 VIII.vi.19-vii.8 Isidore of Sev
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182 VIII.ix.7-ix.24 Isidore of Sevi
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184 VIII.xi.5-xi.21 Isidore of Sevi
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186 VIII.xi.40-xi.55 Isidore of Sev
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188 VIII.xi.72-xi.86 Isidore of Sev
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190 VIII.xi.101-xi.104 Isidore of S
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192 IX.i.11-ii.9 Isidore of Seville
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194 IX.ii.38-ii.54 Isidore of Sevil
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196 IX.ii.72-ii.88 Isidore of Sevil
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198 IX.ii.101-ii.120 Isidore of Sev
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200 IX.iii.3-iii.17 Isidore of Sevi
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202 IX.iii.37-iii.53 Isidore of Sev
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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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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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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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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