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Nam quísque maritus iungitur licentèr cuilibet mulieri, exceptis matre, et amita, sorore, et filia.
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Nam qu韘que maritus iungitur licent鑢 cuilibet mulieri, exceptis matre, et amita, sorore, et filia.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Et amita Veneria properiter obiit, cui breuia melea modifica recino: cinis ita placidulus adoperiat eam locaque tacita celeripes Erebi adeat.
The Graves of a Household Ausonius 1912
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The father's sister is called 'amita,' the mother's 'matertera'; both go in Greek by the name 'theia,' or, with some, 'tithis.'
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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Tathâgata and of those men there is immeasurable (amita).
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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The apparatus being all ready, a mischievous negress and her _amita_ (young mistress) watch the passers-by until they select one for their victim.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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He also mentions that the Latin word for aunt, amita, is related to amata, "beloved".
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However, we've already seen that amita may very well be related to the Hebrew em.
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He also mentions that the Latin word for aunt, amita, is related to amata, "beloved".
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However, we've already seen that amita may very well be related to the Hebrew em.
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