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  • Mala a sanguine fervente, deterior a bile assata, pessima ab atra bile putrefacta.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • A. 8: Dicimus etiam: cum parentes teneantur alere filios et necessitati corporum subvenire, multo magis in spiritualibus que spectant ad animarum salutem ipsis subvenire tenentur, iuxta verbum Apostoli in prima epistola ad Timotheum dicentis: Si quis suorum et maxime domesticorum curam non habet, fidem negavit operibus, etsi non verbis, quia proximo non consentiunt, et infideli deterior est.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

  • But sh -- a few years after Taisho became emperor, his mental health deterior -- deteriorated rapidly, and the man was not able to perform as a monarch, let alone perform his constitutional duties as commander in chief.

    Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan 2001

  • Non sic prata nouo uere decentia aestatis calidae despoliat uapor, 5 saeuit solstitio cum medius dies et noctes breuibus praecipitant rotis languescunt folio et lilia pallido: ut gratae capiti deficiunt comae et fulgor teneris qui radiat genis10 momento rapitur nullaque non dies formonsi spolium corporis abstulit. res est forma fugax: quis sapiens bono confidat fragili? dum licet, utere. tempus te tacitum subruit, horaque15 semper praeterita deterior subit.

    Fatal Beauty 1912

  • [90] Cf. _Tr. _ v. (_supra_, p. 76), _quasi non deterior fiat inscientiae causa dum tegitur.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Vnde mihi maxime subiit admirari, quaenam haec indoctorum hominum esset audacia qui inscientiae uitium praesumptionis atque inpudentiae nube conentur obducere, cum non modo saepe id quod proponatur ignorent, uerum in huiusmodi contentionibus ne id quidem quod ipsi loquantur intellegant, quasi non deterior fiat inscientiae causa, dum tegitur.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Qui suis non prospicit, fidem abnegavit, et infideli est deterior:

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • Educentur quoque liberi a parentibus, in timore Domini: provideant item parentes liberis, memores Apostolicae sententiae: Qui suis non prospicit, fidem abnegavit, et infideli est deterior (1 Tim.v. 8).

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • "It sometimes happens that when a councillor moves away from the ward, their work as a councillor deterior-ates, but in Philip's case, he does a splendid job."

    unknown title 2009

  • Can I turn my 72 dpi pictures taken by Canon Powershot SX10IS into 300 dpi in photoshop without any deterior? where can i buy a self developing camera in mumbai?? and how much will it cost? en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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  • Deterior means inferior in quality, worse (OED).

    October 31, 2012