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  • noun Plural form of jejunum.

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Examples

  • To many most sovereign praises is this poem entitled; but to that grace, in chief, which sets on the crown both of poets and orators; ...: that is, Parva magnè dicere; pervulgata novè; jejuna plenè.

    Dedication 1857

  • Nam jejuna quidem clivofi glarea ruris Vix humilis apibus cafias roremque miniftrat;

    P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796

  • Nam jejuna quidem clivofi glarea ruris Vix humilis apibus cafias roremque miniftrat j

    P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796

  • Sic igitur tibi anhela fitis de corpore noftro Abluitur, fic expletur jejuna cupido.

    T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex Titus Lucretius Carus , Thomas Creech , George Gordon Byron Byron 1770

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