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    Johann Bernoulli, after reading an anonymous paper in 1697, said that its author was obviously Isaac Newton.And he commented in Latin: "Tanquam ex ungue leonem", which is often translated as "I recognize the lion by his claw".

  3. Plus ultra - Wikipedia

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    The Plus Ultra Brigade, composed of troops from five Spanish-speaking countries (Spain, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador), served in the Iraq War in 2003. The motto is written on the wall tiles of the cloak room at Mar-a-Lago , a resort in Florida that has been owned by Donald Trump since 1985 and his principal ...

  4. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    Via Spanish, from kakaw in Tzeltal, Kʼicheʼ and Classic Maya; kagaw in Sayula Popoluca; and cacahuatl in Nahuatl [44] Cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti) procyonid: Nahuatl: From tlahcomiztli, meaning "half cat" or "half mountain lion" [45] California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) New World vulture: Quechua: The common name derives from ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (A) - Wikipedia

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    Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...

  6. He blew with His winds, and they were scattered - Wikipedia

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    With the blast of God they perishe, with the breath of his nostrels are they consumed away. The roring of the lion, and the voyce of the lion, and the teeth of the lions whelpes are pulled out. The lion perisheth for lake of pray, & the lions whelpes are scattered abrode. The inscription accompanied a scene of a fleet of ships on a stormy sea.

  7. Lion - Wikipedia

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    The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. [4] The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther ...

  8. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {{}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code.

  9. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    Lev is a common Slavic name meaning "lion". The Latin name for Lviv is Leopolis, meaning "Lion City". The name of the city of Oran in Algeria is derived from the Berber root 'HR meaning lion, from which are also derived the names of Tahert and Souk Ahras. The name is attested in multiple Berber languages, for instance as uharu and ahra. A ...