See cur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Why before the trumpet [of war], fear seizes your limbs?",
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"text": "Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?",
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"english": "Why before the trumpet [of war], fear seizes your limbs?",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 11.424",
"text": "Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?",
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}
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