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  • 51curro — cùr·ro s.m. 1. LE carro, cocchio: poi, procedendo di mio sguardo il curro (Dante) 2. TS tecn. rullo che permette lo scorrimento di oggetti pesanti {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1313. ETIMO: dal lat. cūrrus, acc. di currus, us carro , da currĕre… …

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  • 52Curule — Cu rule (k[=u] r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F. curule.] 1. Of or pertaining to a chariot. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to …

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  • 53Curule dignity — Curule Cu rule (k[=u] r[udd]l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a chariot: cf. F. curule.] 1. Of or pertaining to a chariot. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries;… …

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  • 54curule — adjective Etymology: Latin curulis, perhaps alteration of currulis of a chariot, from currus chariot, from currere to run Date: 1600 1. relating to or being a high ranking dignitary of ancient Rome entitled to occupy a special chair 2. of,… …

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  • 55corral — I. noun Etymology: Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *currale enclosure for vehicles, from Latin currus cart, from currere to run more at car Date: 1582 1. a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock 2. an enclosure made with wagons for… …

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  • 56Basil Valentine — Basilius Valentinus, also known under the Anglicized version of his name, Basil Valentine, was a 15th century alchemist. He was the Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Sankt Peter in Erfurt, Germany. Even his name cannot be corroborated; during… …

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  • 57List of country name etymologies — This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics no longer exist as sovereign political entities.Aflag|Afghanistan::From Afghan and …

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  • 58Library of Sir Thomas Browne — No single document gives better evidence of the erudition of Sir Thomas Browne, physician, philosopher and encyclopedist than the 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue of the Library of Sir Thomas Browne . It also provides an insight into the… …

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  • 59Curule chair — According to Livy the curule chair originated in Etruria, and it has been used on surviving Etruscan monuments to identify magistrates, [Thomas Schäfer, Imperii insignia: Sella Curulis und fasces. Zur Repräsentation römischer Magistrate , (Mainz) …

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  • 60Валентиниус Базилиус — (Basilius Valentinus) знаменитейший алхимик XV в. Сведений о личности этого ученого почти никаких не имеется. В 1515 г. император Максимилиан I предписал собрать справки в бенедиктинских монастырях, не было ли между монахами этих монастырей лица …

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