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  2. Latin obscenity - Wikipedia

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    Latin obscenity is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses.Words deemed obscene were described as obsc(a)ena (obscene, lewd, unfit for public use), or improba (improper, in poor taste, undignified).

  3. Translations during the Spanish Golden Age - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Golden Age that expanded from the late 15th century to the 17th, witnessed the flourishing of cultural and artistic expressions. Many translation of works from Latin and Greek was published and spread out throughout the rest of the Europe. At the same time, the interest for ancient Arabic scientific and medical writings was still ...

  4. Los caprichos - Wikipedia

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    The work is an etching with aquatint and other intaglio media on laid paper. [1] Los caprichos ( The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797–1798, and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head ...

  6. Genetic disorder likely causes many unexplained cases of ...

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    A newly identified neurodevelopmental disorder may explain tens of thousands of cases of intellectual disability whose cause was previously unknown, according to a new study. The research ...

  7. Diane von Furstenburg's Life in Pictures - AOL

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    In honor of her new documentary, Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, here's a look back at the fashion designer's most iconic moments through the years.

  8. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    saltus in demonstrando. leap in explaining. a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . salus populi suprema lex esto. the welfare of the people is to be the highest law.

  9. List of long place names - Wikipedia

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    The English translation is (new) Kremenchug named after Konstantin (a first settler). Putevaya Usadba 9 km zheleznoy dorogi Luostari–Nikel ( Russian : Путевая Усадьба 9 км железной дороги Луостари–Никель) is a rural locality in Murmansk Oblast , Russia.