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  • He calls Æneas not only a husband, but upbraids him for being a fond husband, as the word uxorius implies.

    Dedication Vergil 1909

  • Mulciber, ut perhibent, his oscula coniugis emit moenibus et talis uxorius obtulit arces.

    The Marriage of Honorius and Maria Claudian 1912

  • Mercury himself, tho’ employ’d on a quite contrary errand, yet owns it a marriage by an innuendo: pulchramque uxorius urben Exstrusis.

    Dedication Vergil 1909

  • _uxorius amnis_, having about forty years ago forsaken its old bed and rushed away to the Gulf of Pechili (Peh-chihli).

    The Awakening of China 1871

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