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Verum, cum haec propriis tenebris obscura jaceant, simplicium analogismo egent; inde _insectorum_ indago illico arrisit; quae cum et ipsa suas habeat difficultates ad
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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But for the Roman empire, a ring fence around the Mediterranean lake, and hemmed in upon every quarter of that vast circuit by an _indago_ of martial hunters, nature and providence had made it the one sole available policy to stand for ever under arms, eternally 'in procinctu,' and watching from the specular altitude of her centre upon which radius she should slip her wolves to the endless circumference.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
mialuthien commented on the word indago
indago – a ring of hunters encircling game
July 19, 2008
brookdale_chick commented on the word indago
dark purplish blue....
July 19, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word indago
Did you mean indigo? It's a one-letter difference – indigo
July 19, 2008
brookdale_chick commented on the word indago
Hahahaha...
I knew that
Or did I???
July 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word indago
There's the Italian verb indagare, to investigate, to research.
July 19, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word indago
I wonder if there are any words with the same root as indago? Or words derived from it? Indagare is, as you said, an Italian word, but what about the English ones?
July 19, 2008