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Note 40: Goulburn, Losinga, 2: 30: "Discebant iudaeorum liberi christianas litteras, et veritatis succus teneris iudaeorum mentibus paulatim infundebatur." back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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I have to say, I'm disappointed to find that Augustine disliked the Greek language: "quid autem erat causae cur graecas litteras oderam, quibus puerulus imbuebar?"
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Vniuersis et singulis pr鎠entes litteras inspecturis salutem in
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Sic et z, si modo latino sermoni necessaria esset, per d et s litteras faceremus.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Istae quinque, quando solae proferuntur, longae sunt semper: quando solas litteras dicis, longae sunt.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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"Christiani posthabitis scripturis sanctis, earumque interpretibus, Arabum Chaldæorumque libris evolvendis incumbentes, legem suam nesciebant, et linguam propriam non advertebant latinam, ita ut ex omni Christi collegio vix inveniretur unus in milleno hominum genere, qui salutatorias fratri posset rationabiliter dirigere litteras."
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All the writers who treated of exchange divided it into three kinds; ordinary exchange of the moneys of different currencies (_cambium minutum_), exchange of moneys of different currencies between different places, the justification for which rested on remuneration for an imaginary transport (_cambium per litteras_), and usurious exchange of moneys of the same currency (_cambium siccum_).
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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H quoque inter litteras obviam grammatici tradiderunt, eamque adspirationis notam cunctis vocalibus praefici; ipsi autem consonantes tantum quattuor praeponi, quotiens graecis nominibus latina forma est, persuaserunt, id est C, P, R, T; ut _chori_,
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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In singulis sectionibus tres collocant litteras a dextra ad sinistram.
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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_Dare_ meaning 'send' is usually restricted to use with _litteras_
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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