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Lagonaedatera (Greek lateris cavitas: Greek orcus: and Greek alter.).
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Lagonaedatera (Greek lateris cavitas: Greek orcus: and Greek alter.).
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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The different parts of the first division, or external ear, are described by anatomists under the name of the helix, antihelix, tragus, antitragus, the lobe, cavitas innominata, the scapha, and the concha.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 Various
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We may suppose Argaius to signify Mons cavus: or rather _ignis cavitas_, sive _Vulcani domus_, a name given from its being hollow, and at the same time a reservoir of fiery matter.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Lagonaedatera (lagon lateris cavitas: aides orcus: and eteros alter.).
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Verum cum metus esset, ne masea feriundo numo deatinata inter repetitos mallei ictus cederet, et nibil esset snbtus, quod primo excepto ictu maesam figeret, plaonit eam imponere ferto 'in obtiisias acumen desinehti, quo £actum, ut jam Formam quadrilateram, tum specie ppat primum ictom maasa ab impresao in - feme ferri acumine relineretar, neqne ampliua loco posaet moveri, unde' baec in his numia cavitas.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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In bilis via & folliculis felleus eft, A inteftinorum cavitas.
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\x renaies pro fuo rubro flavefcente humore: utcunque etiam oculi cavitas hinc concava cornea, inde convexa lente cryftallina intercepta, pro humore aqueo.
biocon commented on the word cavitas
L. cavitas = a hollow or cavity. This term is used in anatomy.
October 12, 2012