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  • "_Consonat omne nemus strepitu_" (for _nemus_ read schoolroom), exclaimed the Dominie, laying down the rod, and pulling out his handkerchief to wipe his face.

    Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820

  • A common Indo-European word for the sacred grove was Nemi Latin nemus, indicating dedication to the Moon-goddess called Nemesis, Diana Nemorensis, or Diana Nemetona - Lady of the Grove.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

  • Cambaleth ad 20. dietas, est vna foresta quæ 6. dietas continet in ambitu; in qua sunt tot genera animalium et auium quòd mirabile est dicere: Ad illud nemus vadit in fine trium annorum vel quatuor cum tota gente, cum qua ipsum circuit, et canes intrare permittit, qui animalia, scilicet leones, ceruos, et alia animalia reducunt ad vnam planitiem pulcherrimam in medio nemoris, quia ex clamoribus canum maximè tremunt omnes bestiæ syluæ.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Imperator, et cum multa gente nemus circumdat, canes emittuntur et aues, cum multo clamore, et feras congregant in medio nemoris, ad planiciem sibi sitam.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Nota: à Cambalu ad viginti dietas, est pulchrum nemus girans octo dietas in circuitu, in quo sunt omnia genera animalium: custodes habet circa eum.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Tunc accedit magnus Canis super tres elephantes et 5. sagittas mittit in totam multitudinem animalium, et post ipsum omnes Barones, et post ipsos alij de familia sua emittunt sagittas suas; et omnes sagittæ sunt signatæ certis signis et diuersis: Tunc vadit ad animalia interfecta, dimittens viua nemus reintrare vt aliàs habeat ex eis venationem suam, et quilibet illud animal habebit in cuius corpere inuenit sagittam suam quam iaciebat.

    The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004

  • Imperator, et cum multa gente nemus circumdat, canes emittuntur et aues, cum multo clamore, et feras congregant in medio nemoris, ad planiciem sibi sitam.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Nota: � Cambalu ad viginti dietas, est pulchrum nemus girans octo dietas in circuitu, in quo sunt omnia genera animalium: custodes habet circa eum.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Et plantavit nemus in Beer-sebah, et invocavit ibi nomen Jehovae

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

  • 'Callimachi Manes et Coi sacra Philetae, in vestrum, quaeso, me sinite ire nemus.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

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