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  • noun astronomy, geology A term used in planetary geology to refer to the river-like features on Saturn's moon Titan.

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  • Emblematum flumen abundans [or, Alciat's Emblems in their full stream: being a photolith facsimile reprint of the Lyons edition by Bonhomme, 1551].

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Nauigando per dictum flumen versus Orientem, et itinerando per hanc Cathay prouinciam ad multas dietas per plurimas vrbes et villas, venitur in ciuitatem Sugarmago, [Marginal note: Engarmago.] abundantiorem omnibus in mercemoniis antedictis, quando sericum est hic vilissimum: quadragintæ libræ habentur ibi pro decem florenis.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Hoc flumen transit per medium Cathay, cui aqua infert damnum, quando nimis inundat, sicut palus in Ferraria,

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Oportet vt peregrinus in finibus Hungariæ transeat magnum Danubij flumen, et vadat in Belgradum; Hoc flumen oritur inter Montana Almaniæ, et currens versus Orientem, recipit in se 40. flumina antequam finiatur in mare.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Inde per idem regnum ad viam octo dietarum per aquam dulcem, multas per ciuitates, et bonas villas, venimus Laucherim, [Marginal note: Siue Lanterin.] (Odericus appellat Leuyim,) vrbem formosam opumque magnarum, sitam super flumen magnum Cacameran.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Syrbotas vocari gentem eam Nomadum Aethiopum, secundùm flumen Astapum ad Septentrionem vregentium.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Vidi cùm irem per vnam vallem positam iuxta flumen quod egreditur de paradiso, vidi in ea multa corpora mortuorum, in qua etiam audiui multa genera Musicorum, qui ibi mirabilitèr pulsabant: tantus erat ibi tinnitus Musicorum, quòd incussit mihi timorem horribilem.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • [Marginal note: Vel de Delay.] maius flumen mundi, vbi strictius est continet septem miliaria Odericus: cuius alueus in loco districtiori continet quatuor leucas.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Quidam vocant hoc mare lacum Asphaltidis, alij fluuium Dæmonum, aut flumen Putre.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Sciendum tamen est, extra hanc insulam flumen esse, et alias modicas insulas, quarum vna dicitur Carmagite, de quibus licitum est ijs accessire viros, et amasios bis in anno, ita vt nulla moram trahat septem dierum naturalium sub poena indubitata occisionis.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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