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  • No; they admitted fully that one might _de pecunia lucrari_; but this _lucrum_ does not come from the _pecunia_, but from the application of labour to the sum. '[

    An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien

  • In recent years, under Hummler, Wegelin refashioned a retail space below its headquarters into a bar it christened Nonolet from the Latin phrase "pecunia non olet" or "money does not reek".

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • Criticized for the move, the emperor supposedly responded in Latin: "pecunia non olet" - money doesn't smell.

    The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS 2009

  • The word "pecunia" meant in ancient Greece and Rome a flock or herd.

    Business Hints for Men and Women Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

  • De sua pecunia fecit or "Done with his own money."

    The Wealthy as Providers of Public Works Restoration 2011

  • Pater partum proprie pecunia posuit which in other versions is rendered Petre Pater Patrum, Papisse Prodito Partum, meaning “O Peter, father of fathers, betray the child-bearing woman pope.”

    Archive 2009-02-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • Volum us insuper et ordinamus quod Abbas ejusdem monasterii qui pro tempore fuerit de cousensu saniorum de Conventu specialiter constituat unum monachum providum et discretum ad recipiendum ordinandum et expendendum totam summam pecunie memorate pro utilitate conventus secundum votum et intencionem mentis nostre superius annotatum et ad reddendum fidele compotum coram Abbate et Maioribus de Conventu singulis annis de pecunia sic recepta.

    The Monastery 2008

  • Praecepto primo, cogatur nubere aut mulctetur et pecunia templo Junonis dedicetur et publica fiat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Cronica Slavonica ad annum 1257. de cujus pecunia jam incredibilia dixerunt.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [5916] Adrian the emperor said he had rather have men than money, malle se hominum adjectione ampliare imperium, quam pecunia.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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