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_ 4, 'Ubi ... mihi reliquam aetatem a re publica procul habendam decrevi, non fuit consilium socordia atque desidia bonum otium conterere, neque vero agrum colundo aut venando servilibus officiis intentum aetatem agere; sed ... statui res gestas populi Romani carptim, ut quaeque memoria digna videbantur, perscribere.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Igitur ubi animus ex multis miseriis atque periculis requievit et mihi reliquam aetatem a re publica procul habendam decrevi, non fuit consilium socordia atque desidia bonum otium conterere; [30] neque vero agrum colendo aut venando, servilibus officiis, [31] intentum aetatem agere; sed
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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"Iidem Samolum herbam nominavere nascentem in humidis: et hanc sinistra manu legi a jejunis contra morbos suum boumque, nec respicere legentem: nec alibi quam in canali, deponere, ibique conterere poturis."
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That word, from the Latin conterere, “to grind, bruise,” has a theological connotation, as a realization of a failure to respond to God’s grace.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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That word, from the Latin conterere, “to grind, bruise,” has a theological connotation, as a realization of a failure to respond to God’s grace.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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That word, from the Latin conterere, “to grind, bruise,” has a theological connotation, as a realization of a failure to respond to God’s grace.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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That word, from the Latin conterere, “to grind, bruise,” has a theological connotation, as a realization of a failure to respond to God’s grace.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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a 5 iii X Digitizedby VjOOQIC in huiusniodi fcriptiorie partem aetatis huraa - nae magnam conterere, atque adeo in coaccr - varidis iis omnibus, quae fcriptorum arguunt: virtutes vei peccata, et in trifti catalogorum conficiendorum Ihidio quafi confenefcere.
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