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- adjective Of or relating to the ancient town of Eugubium (now
Gubbio ).
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Examples
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It is here that the Eugubine tables, plates of brass with Umbrian and
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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It is here that the Eugubine tables, plates of brass with Umbrian and Roman incised characters, are shown.
New Italian sketches John Addington Symonds 1866
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It is here that the Eugubine tables, plates of brass with Umbrian and
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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The Eugubine Tables are the only extant fragments of the Umbrian language.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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The savage dialect of the Eugubine tables has exercised, and may still elude, the divination of criticism; but the root is undoubtedly Latin, of the same age and character as the Saliare Carmen, which, in the time of Horace, none could understand.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Note: The Eugubine Tables have exercised the ingenuity of the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The savage dialect of the Eugubine tables † has exercised, and may still elude, the divination of criticism; but the root is undoubtedly Latin, of the same age and character as the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Brancaleoni), and well-known Eugubine Tables.] which I directed to be sent to you.
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking
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