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  • Peri tamen studio et pietate conscribendae vitae ejus munus suscepi, et postquam sumptuosa condere pro fortuna non licuit, exiguo sed eo forte liberalis ingenii monumento justa sanctissimo cineri solventur.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • 'Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem'; and of Rome as the conqueror and civilizer of the world: vi.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • As this took place only every five years, that space of time was called a _lustrum_, because the sacrifice was a lustration offered for all the people; and therefore _condere lustrum_, means to finish the census.

    Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

  • Any of the above varieties of the Genitive of Quality may be used predicatively; as, -- tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem, _of so great difficulty was it to found the Roman race_.

    New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

  • His eye lighted upon the portentous words: "Tantæ molis erat Romanam condere gentem."

    Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett

  • The season is marked by two closely connected festivals on the 21st and 25th in honour of the old divinity-pair, Consus (_condere_), the god of the storehouse and

    The Religion of Ancient Rome Cyril Bailey 1914

  • QVIS potis est dignum pollenti pectore carmen condere pro rerum maiestate hisque repertis? quisue ualet uerbis tantum qui fingere laudes pro meritis eius possit qui talia nobis pectore parta suo quaesitaque praemia liquit?

    The World's Conquerors Lucretius 1912

  • A. ille meis pacem dat montibus: ecce per illum, seu cantare iuuat seu ter pede laeta ferire gramina, nullus obest; licet et cantare choreis et cantus uiridante licet mihi condere libro, 130 turbida nec calamos iam surdant classica nostros.

    A Singing Match Calpurnius 1912

  • Licet caelo proferre lucidos dies eosdemque tenebrosis noctibus condere.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • These and a multitude of other orders, male and female, have been effectively and usefully employed in the arduous labor Romanam condere gentem.

    A History of American Christianity 1830-1907 1897

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