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Conjugis adventu pernix, Satumus, et altum Pelion hinnitu fugiens inplevit acuto.
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Si velit f cur tanta illius fubtilitas, tam pernix qkh tns, ut fenfum fiigiat?
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex Titus Lucretius Carus , Thomas Creech , George Gordon Byron Byron 1770
biocon commented on the word pernix
L. pernix = agile, nimble, swift.
August 10, 2011