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Space ought not to be called a compositum but a totum, for its parts are possible in the whole, and not the whole by means of the parts.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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It might perhaps be called a compositum ideale, but not a compositum reale.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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About 3,500 vascular plant species are recorded from the mountains, of which about 200 are endemic, such as Thalictrum macrocarpum, Androsace hirtella, Saxifraga hariotii, Hieracium compositum, Gentiana burseri, Globularia gracilis, and Galium caespitosum.
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_Jonesia_: pedicellis apice articulatis, basi bracteolatis, ideoque infloresc. magis composita esse debet; laciniis anticis? corollae? perianth compositum, binatum praebentibus, emarginatio et situs stam 5ti rudiment.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Si antecedens syllaba terminal in consonantem necesse est et sequentem a consonante incipere; ut _artus_, _ille_, _arduus_; nisi fit compositum: ut _abeo_, _adeo_, _pereo_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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_ 2, 'Nam uti genus hominum compositum ex corpore et anima est, ita res cunctae studiaque omnia nostra corporis alia, alia animi naturam secuntur.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Is, profluente sanguine, ubi frigescere pedes manusque et paulatim ab extremis cedere spiritum fervido adhuc et compote mentis pectore intellegit, recordatus carmen a se compositum, quo volneratum militem per eius modi mortis imaginem obisse tradiderat, versus ipsos rettulit, eaque illi suprema vox fuit. '
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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(_Triticum compositum_), certain varieties of Maize, etc. Similar exuberant growths occur in _Orchidaceæ_, in _Cyperaceæ_, e.g. _Carex_, in _Restiaceæ_, and indeed they may be found in any plant with a similar form of inflorescence.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Mauro pollicetur Numidiae partem tertiam, si aut Romani Africa expulsi, aut integris suis finibus bellum compositum foret.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Nam uti genus hominum compositum ex corpore et anima est, ita res cunctae studiaque omnia nostra corporis alia, alia animi [10] naturam sequuntur.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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