See vis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "vivid, lively imagination",
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"english": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.",
"ref": "160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 65–67",
"text": "Ō et erat longē mea quidem sententia, / quī imperium crēdat gravius esse et stabilius / vī quod fit quam illud quod amīcitia adiungitur.",
"translation": "Oh and it’s really going too far, in my opinion, when anyone believes a command which is made by force to be more weighty and durable than that which is joined with affection.",
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"english": "Not through violence, but the word.",
"text": "the Wikipedia page Martin Luther on Catholic church reform\nNōn vī, sed verbō.",
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"english": "to force a way, a passage",
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"english": "there is a storm at sea",
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"english": "the frost set in so severely that...",
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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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"english": "what is the meaning, the original sense of this word?",
"text": "quae est vis huius verbi?",
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[
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[
"essence",
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[
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[
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"type": "example"
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"force"
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[
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[
"flood",
"flood"
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[
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[
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[
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"physics"
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},
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"english": "May the Force be with you.",
"text": "Sit vīs tēcum.",
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"english": "as long as one's strength holds out",
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18
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