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- noun Plural form of
palus .
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Examples
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There are three paludes on the moon: Palus Somni (the Marsh of Sleep), Palus Epidemiarum (the Marsh of Epidemics), and Palus Putredinis (the Marsh of Rot) — the latter of which would be a heckuva blog name.
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Hyeme erit vehementer frigida, et aestate non salubris: paludes enim faciunt crassum aerem, et difficiles morbos.
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Prope paludes stagna, et loca concava, vel ad Austrum, vel ad Occidentem inclinatae, domus sunt morbosae.
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Tota ilia regio à latere Occidentali istius maris, vbi sunt Porta ferrea Alexandri, et montes Alanorum, vsque ad Occanum Aquilonarem et paludes Mæotidis vbi mergitur Tanais, solebat dici Albania: de qua dicit Isisdorus quòd habet canes ita magnos, tantæque feritatis, vt tauros premant, leones perimant.
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Et descendebat magnus fluuius de montibus qui irrigabat totam regionem, secundùm quod volebant aquam ducere: nec descendebat in aliquod mare, sed absorbebatur à terra: et faciebat etiam multas paludes.
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Ea autem Æthiopiae pars quae Nilo utrimque adjacet, Æthiopia dicitur sub Ægypto; atque in ea ad Nili paludes seu lacus Cinnamomifera regio.
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Tota ilia regio � latere Occidentali istius maris, vbi sunt Porta ferrea Alexandri, et montes Alanorum, vsque ad Occanum Aquilonarem et paludes M鎜tidis vbi mergitur Tanais, solebat dici Albania: de qua dicit Isisdorus qu騞 habet canes ita magnos, tant鎞ue feritatis, vt tauros premant, leones perimant.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et descendebat magnus fluuius de montibus qui irrigabat totam regionem, secund鵰 quod volebant aquam ducere: nec descendebat in aliquod mare, sed absorbebatur � terra: et faciebat etiam multas paludes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In cujus ostro, qui Scythicas alludet paludes, nobilissima civitas
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He adds that on one side of this medal was the epigraph, "Sylvæ, paludes, aggeres, hostes victi;" on the other the verse of Lucan: --
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