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I doubt, as a wine merchant, he is the perfidus caupo, whatever he may be as a banker.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Hoc idem plerique solent etiam in illis dictionibus facere, in quibus a FI brevi incipiunt syllabae sequentibus supra dictis consonantibus, ut _fides, perfidus, confiteor, infimus, firmus_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Gaius Pontius, conquered in turn the conqueror at Cannae, and did for his reputation what she had done with the Samnite hero's person: chopped its head off, and dubbed him in perfect sincerity 'perfidus Hannibal.'
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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Q. Aqua ventō commōta est inimīca nautīs semper, et saepe perfidus ventus nāvigia rapit, agit, dēletque.
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
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Tum autem ventus erat perfidus et puerī magnō in perīculō erant.
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
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_Pertacus perfidus campester Lucilianus Campanus conticuere omnes.
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I doubt, as a wine merchant, he is the 'perfidus caupo', whatever he may be as a banker.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1753-54 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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I doubt, as a wine merchant, he is the 'perfidus caupo', whatever he may be as a banker.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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The modern English meaning of "perfidious" remains faithful to that of its Latin ancestor, "perfidus," which means "faithless."
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ducite ab urbe domum, mea carmina, ducite Daphnin. has olim exuuias mihi perfidus ille reliquit, pignora cara sui: quae nunc ego limine in ipso, terra, tibi mando; debent haec pignora Daphnin.
Pharmaceutria Vergil 1912
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