Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, catarrh of the upper air-passages; coryza.
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Examples
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"Do you take care, at least, that it does not increase long," quoth I. (The word gravedo, you know, makes gravedinis, and is, therefore, said to "increase long in the genitive case.")
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Signa hujus morbi sunt plurimus saltus, sonitus aurium, capitis gravedo, lingua titubat, oculi excavantur, &c. 2464.
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Ventres hisce aridi, somnus plerumque parcus et interruptus, somnia absurdissima, turbulenta, corporis tremor, capitis gravedo, strepitus circa aures et visiones ante oculos, ad venerem prodigi.
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"He complains of a general gravedo," cries the Doctor; "but he speaks too good Latin for us."
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“Neque ullum verbum faciat perplexabile, neque ulla lingua sciat loqui nisi Attica, forte si tussire occepsit, ne sic tussiat, ut cuiquam linguam in tussiendo proserat. quod illa autem simulet, quasi gravedo profluat, hoc ne sic faciat: tu labellum abstergeas potius quam cuiquam savium faciat palam.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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