Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The specific name of the eagle-owl, Bubo ignavus.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of mammals.
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Examples
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Ita nunc apud infimos obtinuit hoc vitium, ut nullius fere pretii sit, et ignavus miles qui non in scortatione maxime excellat, et adulterio.
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Nam gloriam, honorem, imperium bonus et ignavus aeque sibi exoptant; sed ille vera via nititur, huic quia bonae artes desunt, dolis atque fallaciis contendit.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Oldbuck stood astonished at this last act of temerity. ` ` are you mad, Hector? '' he cried, ` ` or have you forgotten what is said by Quintus Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, --- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virg regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. ''
The Antiquary 1845
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• Nam gloriam, honorem, imperhim, bonus ignavus aqtte fibi exoptant.
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Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, -- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. "
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, -- _Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; _ which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most. "
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Quintus Curtius, with whom, as a soldier, you must needs be familiar, — Nobilis equus umbra quidem virgae regitur; ignavus ne calcari quidem excitari potest; which plainly shows that spurs are useless in every case, and, I may add, dangerous in most.”
The Antiquary 1584
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