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Soon.) (I’ll just say this: the word ‘property’ – from the Latin proprius, meaning one’s own – doesn’t necessarily refer to chattel.
Crazy Narcissistic Exploitative Zombie-Pimp Mom-Bloggers, Unite and Take Over | Her Bad Mother 2008
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I'll just say this: the word 'property' - from the Latin proprius, meaning one's own - doesn't necessarily refer to chattel.
Archive 2008-04-20 2008
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I'll just say this: the word 'property' - from the Latin proprius, meaning one's own - doesn't necessarily refer to chattel.
Crazy Narcissistic Exploitative Zombie-Pimp Mom-Bloggers, Unite and Take Over 2008
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Sometimes with proprius and commūnis; as, -- virī propria est fortitūdō, _bravery is characteristic of a man_. memoria est commūnis omnium artium, _memory is common to all professions_.a. proprius and commūnis are also construed with the Dative.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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[Footnote 18: Homines enim ad Deos nulla re proprius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]
A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 Various
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The third is broad, for the passage of the tendons of the Extensor indicis proprius and Extensor digitorum communis.
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Extension is produced by the Extensor digitorum communis, Extensor indicis proprius, and Extensor digiti quinti proprius.
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On the dorsum of the foot (Fig. 1241) the tendons emerging from beneath the transverse and cruciate crural ligaments spread out and can be distinguished as follows: the most medial and largest is Tibialis anterior, the next is Extensor hallucis proprius, then Extensor digitorum longus dividing into four tendons, to the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes, and lastly Peronæus tertius.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 13. Surface Anatomy of the Lower Extremity 1918
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The student must bear in mind that the Extensor digitorum longus and Extensor hallucis proprius are extensors of the toes, but flexors of the ankle; and that the Flexor digitorum longus and Flexor hallucis longus are flexors of the toes, but extensors of the ankle.
III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918
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Flexion is produced by the action of the Biceps brachii and Brachialis, assisted by the Brachioradialis and the muscles arising from the medial condyle of the humerus; extension, by the Triceps brachii and Anconæus, assisted by the Extensors of the wrist, the Extensor digitorum communis, and the Extensor digiti quinti proprius.
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