See letum on Wiktionary
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23,
28
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
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16,
20
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],
"english": "See what a disgraceful death we die!",
"text": "Vidē quam turpī lētō pereāmus!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Crassus, at the Euphrates, lost his eagles, his son, and his [army], and was himself finally given to death.\n(See: Marcus Licinius Crassus; Euphrates; Aquila (Roman).)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.465–466",
"roman": "perdidit et lētō est ultimus ipse datus.",
"text": "Crassus ad Euphrāten aquilās nātumque suōsque"
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"word": "nex"
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{
"word": "homicīdium"
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{
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{
"word": "excidium"
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
"word": "exitium"
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},
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"ipa": "[ˈlɛː.t̪um]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
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}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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23,
28
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20
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"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.465–466",
"roman": "perdidit et lētō est ultimus ipse datus.",
"text": "Crassus ad Euphrāten aquilās nātumque suōsque"
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{
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{
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"word": "excidium"
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{
"word": "iugulum"
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{
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"word": "excidium"
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},
{
"word": "dēmōlītiō"
},
{
"word": "vāstātiō"
},
{
"word": "pestis"
},
{
"word": "devāstātiō"
},
{
"word": "perniciēs"
},
{
"word": "perditiō"
},
{
"word": "exitium"
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}
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}
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}
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