Propria

The following are called Propria because they are nothing but Adjectives which cannot be understood without their

Prologue 2009

I was not very high in the school: not having been able to get farther than that dreadful Propria quae maribus in the Latin grammar, of which, though I have it by heart even now, I never could understand a syllable: but, on account of my size, my age, and the prayers of my mother, was allowed to have the privilege of the bigger boys, and on holidays to walk about in the town.

The Fatal Boots 2006

The self-abnegation implied in these extracts must not, however, be interpreted too literally, for the editorial "_dico_" on numerous pages, and even an occasional chapter marked "_Propria opinio_," testify to the fact that Gilbert had opinions of his own, and was ready on occasion to furnish them to the profession.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

In Verse his Translations of _Homer_ and _Virgil_, done to the Life, and adorned with most excellent Sculptures; but above all, as composed _Propria_ _Minerva_; his Paraphrase upon _Æsop's_ Fables, which for Ingenuity and Fancy, besides the Invention of new Fables, is generally confest to have exceeded what ever hath been done before in that kind.

The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

“Ah, but perhaps you haven’t got into the Propria quæ maribus, ” said Tom, nodding his head sideways, as much as to say, “that was the test; it was easy talking till you came to that.

III. The New Schoolfellow. Book II—School-Time 1917

Propria, situated at the mouth of a river (now Wady Tina) which emptied into the Syrtis Minor.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

It seems certain that the origin of the Common of the Saints is the same as that of the Propria, and that it was at first a Proprium; for instance, the Common of the Apostles was originally the Proprium of the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul; and the Common of a Martyr was originally the Proprium of St. Stephen and St. Lawrence.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Real Propositions comprise the predication of Propria and Accidentia.

Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889

In honour of 'the eternal Maiden Queen,' the new country received the name of Virginia, and Raleigh ordered his own arms to be cut anew, with this legend, _Propria insignia Walteri

Raleigh Edmund Gosse 1888

Propria_, written with even more than his usual brutal candour, gives a graphic view of his manner of life at this period.

Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study 1886