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Cicero became acquainted with Brutus through his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus, an admirer of Brutus. Their personal relationship likely grew during their time together in opposition to Caesar during the civil war in 49 BCE, it being firmly established by the time Cicero returned to Rome in the autumn of 47.
Erim-huš = anantu, a list explaining rare words in literary texts giving brief sequences of synonyms or near-synonyms on 7 tablets [5] [MSL XVII [p 12]] Fāra god lists (there are at least five), the earliest extant god-lists with around 500 of them listed without elaboration, from Šuruppak c. 2600 BC [p 16] Fish, archaic word-list
It includes the F.F.1 list with 1,500 high-frequency words, completed by a later F.F.2 list with 1,700 mid-frequency words, and the most used syntax rules. [12] It is claimed that 70 grammatical words constitute 50% of the communicatives sentence, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] while 3,680 words make about 95~98% of coverage. [ 15 ]
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Marcus Junius Brutus (/ ˈ b r uː t ə s /; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs juːniʊs ˈbruːtʊs]; c. 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, [2] and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained as his legal
List of English homographs; List of English words with disputed usage; List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs; List of ethnic slurs; List of generic and genericized trademarks; List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English; List of self-contradicting words in English; Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year; Most common ...
A page from Caxton's printing, describing the Percy-Neville feud of 1454. Originally a legendary chronicle written in Anglo-Norman in the thirteenth century (identified by the fact that some existing copies finish in 1272), the Brut described the settling of Britain by Brutus of Troy, son of Aeneas, and the reign of the Welsh Cadwalader. [7]
— Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and politician (12 November 1555) "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit... [93] I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." [86] [93] [94] [note 64] — Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (21 March 1556), alluding to Acts 7:56 prior to execution by burning "Now I'm oiled. Keep me from ...