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It was moved and seconded that Coxhead be kicked for having made "amnis" feminine, and having translated the French "impasse" as
Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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In some MSS. it is notissimus amnis; but the other reading is more probable.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis, at ille Labitur, et labetur in omne volubilis oevum.
God, Aids & Circumcision Hill, George 2005
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Inde Nigritarum ampla est regio, ad utramque Nigri amnis ripam: longitudo ejus porrigitur à Nilo et Meroe insula, usque ad Nigri ostia et Oceanum.
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In semivocalibus similiter sunt praepositivae aliis semivocalibus in eadem syllaba; ut m sequente n, ut _Mnesteus_, _amnis_.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Nouns in - is.a. Masculine: all nouns in - nis and - guis; as, amnis, _river_; īgnis,
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Celtic, appearing in Welsh (very frequently) as _afon_, in Manx as _aon_, and in Gaelic as _abhuinn_ (pronounced _avain_), and is radically identical with the Sanskrit _ap_, water, and the Lat. _aqua_ and _amnis_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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M. QVID tacitus, Corydon, uultuque subinde minaci quidue sub hac platano, quam garrulus adstrepit umor, insueta statione sedes? iuuat herbida forsan ripa leuatque diem uicini spiritus amnis?
A Singing Match Calpurnius 1912
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Macte toris, Latios inter placidissime uates, quod durum permensus iter coeptique laboris prendisti portus. uiduae sic transfuga Pisae amnis in externos longe flammatus amores flumina demerso trahit intemerata canali, 205 donec Sicanios tandem prolatus anhelo ore bibat fontis: miratur dulcia Nais oscula nec credit pelago uenisse maritum.
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Pieriosque dies et habentis carmina somnos. litus utrumque domi, nec te mitissimus amnis diuidit. alternas seruant praetoria ripas, 25 non externa sibi fluuiumue obstare queruntur.
A Villa at Tibur 1912
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