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Moestitia cor quasi percussum constringitur, tremit et languescit cum acri sensu doloris.
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"Erat Montmorantius animo alacri et prompto, ingenio acri, corpora vivido, somni ac vini parcissimus, negotiis vehementer deditus, etc."
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'Angustam amice pauperiem pati robustus acri militia puer condiscat et Parthos ferocis vexet eques,' lines which also refer to the resuscitation by Augustus of the citizen-cavalry.
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Nam in consule nostro multae bonaeque artes animi et corporis erant, quas omnes avaritia praepediebat; patiens laborum, acri ingenio, satis providens, belli haud ignarus, firmissimus contra pericula et insidias.
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Philippo_ could stand as an epithet in such a case, and it is clear enough that Ovid is imitating _Aen_ III 13-14 '_terra_ ... acri quondam _regnata Lycurgo'_, as he does at _Her_ X 69' tellus iusto regnata parenti ', _Met_ VIII 623
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Nam Jugurtha, ut erat impigro atque acri ingenio, ubi naturam P.
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'Municipes, Augusta mihi quos Bilbilis acri monte creat, rapidis quem Salo cingit aquis.'
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Metelloque Numidia evenerat, acri viro et quamquam adverso populi partium, [251] fama tamen aequabili et inviolata.
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Yet even this fine outburst is surpassed by the deservedly well-known passage of the third satire, in which Persius appeals to a young man 'who has great possessions' to live earnestly and strenuously (23): udum et molle lutum es, nunc nunc properandus et acri fingendus sine fine rota. sed rure paterno est tibi far modicum, purum et sine labe salinum
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Any great man might be proud to receive such a tribute as (129) -- tu mitis et acri asperitate carens positoque per omnia fastu inter ut aequales unus numeraris amicos, obsequiumque doces et amorem quaeris amando.
ehvickery commented on the word acri
bitter, sour, sharp
March 18, 2010
john commented on the word acri
Are you sure you don't mean acrid?
March 19, 2010