Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, a legion.
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Examples
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“Gallant sir,” answered the Jester, “nomen illis legio, their name is legion.”
Ivanhoe 2004
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Nunc, ne legio persentiscat, clam illuc redeundum est mihi, ne me uxorem praevertisse dicant prae re publica.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Scipiadae, quid Fabricius manesque Camilli, quid Cremerae legio et Cannis consumpta iuventus, tot bellorum animae, quotiens hinc talis ad illos umbra venit? cuperent lustrari, si qua darentur sulpura cum taedis et si foret umida laurus. illic heu miseri traducimur. arma quidem ultra litora Iuvernae promovimus et modo captas
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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The name fulminatrix was not given to the legion on this occasion, but there existed since the time of Augustus (Dion Cassius, LV, xxiii) a legio fulminata or fulminea, probably called thus from the representation of lightning on their armour.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Sura, situated on the banks of the Euphrates, at the intersection of the roads from Palmyra and Beroea or Chalcis, was a military station, and at the beginning of the fifth century was the residence of the prefect of the legio XVI Flavia Firma.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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"Gallant sir," said the priest, "[v] _nomen illis legio_, their name is legion."
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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` ` Gallant sir, '' answered the Jester, ` ` _nomen illis legio_, their name is legion. ''
Ivanhoe 1892
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[11] _Quae mihi pareret legio Romana tribuno_, Sat.I. vi, 48.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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Of all the books directed at parents that sit on our shelves - and they are legio - this is the only one that has had me in tears laughing.
unknown title 2012
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Of all the books directed at parents that sit on our shelves - and they are legio - this is the only one that has had me in tears laughing.
unknown title 2012
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