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  • 121The — ([th][=e], when emphatic or alone; [th][ e], obscure before a vowel; [th]e, obscure before a consonant; 37), definite article. [AS. [eth][=e], a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. s[=e], formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See… …

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  • 122-path — a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in pathy, with the general sense one practicing such a treatment (osteopath) or one suffering from such an ailment (psychopath). * * * …

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  • 123Polybius — /peuh lib ee euhs/, n. c205 c123 B.C., Greek historian. * * * born с 200, Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece died с 118 BC Greek statesman and historian. Son of an Achaean statesman, Polybius was one of 1,000 eminent Achaeans deported to Rome in 168 BC …

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  • 124-trophy — a combining form used in the formation of nouns with the general senses nourishment, feeding (mycotrophy), growth (hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in trophic. [ < Gk trophia nutrition, equiv. to&#8230; …

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  • 125-ess — ess1 suffix forming nouns denoting female gender: abbess. Origin from Fr. esse, via late L. from Gk issa. Usage In modern English, there are few new words coined with the suffix ess. Many existing feminine forms (e.g. poetess, authoress) are&#8230; …

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  • 126-path — aff. a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in pathy with the general sense “one practicing such a treatment” (osteopath) or “one suffering from such an ailment” (psychopath) …

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  • 127A. A. Long — Anthony A. Long (born 17 August 1937) is a British and naturalised American classical scholar and Professor of Classics and Irving Stone Professor of Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.Long was educated at Manchester Grammar&#8230; …

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  • 128Judeo-Italian languages — Infobox Language name=Judeo Italian nativename= giudeo italiano speakers= 200 region=Ferrara, Florence, Mantua, Modena, Piedmont, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Venice, Livorno; Corfu familycolor=Indo European fam2=Italic fam3=Romance fam4=Italo Western&#8230; …

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