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Hence in the house, the sphere of the Genius is no longer the hearth but the marriage-bed (_lectus genialis_).
The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914
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Ismaraque et quondam genialis litora Naxi. tunc caras iniere fores comitique canoro225 hic chelyn, hic flauam maculoso nebrida tergo, hic thyrsos, hic plectra ferunt; hic enthea lauro tempora, Minoa crinem premit ille corona.
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The soul of a man is often conceived as the cause of life, but not often as the procreative power itself; and that this latter was the Latin idea is certain, both from the etymology of the word and from the fact that the marriage-bed was called _lectus genialis_.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Here, too, was the Lar of the familia with his little altar, behind the entrance, and here was the _lectus genialis_, [380] and the Genius of the paterfamilias.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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"_Inditum imperatori flammeum_, visi auspices, _dos et genialis torus et faces nuptiales; cuncta denique spectata, quae_ etiam _in femina_ nox operit."
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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Itur ad Atridem. tum Piccns, Accipc, dixit; igjj Privatis majora focis: genialis agatur Ifte dics, propcra ftomachum laxarc faginis;
A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ... Persius, Juvenal , Sulpicia, C . Lucilius, Gaius Lucilius, Johann August Ernesti, Societas Bipontina, Johann Albert Fabricius 1785
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Pompei comitantur et Catones; 115 seu magna sacer et superbus umbra noscis Tartaron et procul nocentum audis uerbera pallidumque uisa matris lampade respicis Neronem: adsis lucidus et uocante Polla120 unum, quaeso, diem deos silentum exores. solet hoc patere limen ad nuptas redeuntibus maritis. haec te non thiasis procax dolosis falsi numinis induit figura, 125 ipsum sed colit et frequentat ipsum imis altius insitum medullis; ac solatia uera subministrat uultus, qui simili notatus auro stratis praenitet incubatque somno130 securae. procul hinc abite, Mortes: haec uitae genialis est origo. cedat luctus atrox genisque manent iam dulces lacrimae, dolorque festus quicquid fleuerat ante, nunc adoret.
Lucan's Birthday 1912
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pulsandast magnis area maior equis. inbelles elegi, genialis Musa, ualete,
Farewell to Love-poetry Ovid 1912
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"_Inditum imperatori flammeum, dos et genialis torus et faces nuptiales; cuncta denique, quae_ vel
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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