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130 Cards in this Set
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miror, mirari
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admire; wonder at
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moles,molis
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mass, building, structure
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magalia (n. plural)
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huts, hovels
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insto, instare
hint: "instigate" |
urge on; press on
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murus
hint: "mural" |
wall
rampart city wall |
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molior (verb)
hint: "demolish" |
to make
to build |
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subvolvo, subvolvere
hint: revolve hint: Fruit _________ |
to roll up
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opto, optare
hint: option |
to choose
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sulcus
hint: fossa |
ditch
trench |
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lego, legere
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collect
select read gather |
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effodio, effodere
hint: fossa |
to dig out
excavate |
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rupes, rupis
hint: scopulum; saxum |
rock, cliff, crag
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ardentes
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eagerly
burning |
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qualis?
hint: quality |
of what sort
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aestas, aestatis
hint: an estival festival |
summer
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fastigium
hint: culmen hint: summus |
summit
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exerceo, ere
hint: exercitus = army |
to train
occupy |
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pecus, pecoris
hint:grex, gregis (egregious) |
flock; swarm
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suspicio
Hint: most Latin words with "spic" or "spec" mean ___ |
look up
look at |
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infero, inferre
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to bear in
to carry into |
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saepio, saepire
hint: includere; cingere hint: continere |
to enclose
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stipo, stipare
hint: begins with "st " |
to stow
to put in storage; to store to place in the hold of a ship |
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agmine facto
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when a battleline had been made
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Mirabile dictu!
(supine) |
marvelous to say!
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adultos fetus
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adult offspring
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praesepe, praesepis
Hint: Nativity scene |
stall
manger; crib hive |
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arcent (verb)
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keep off
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saepsi, saeptum
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enclosed
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infert se
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he bore himself = he went
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ulli (dative of agent)
hint: ullus// nullus |
by anyone
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dulci nectare
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sweet nectar
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apium venientium
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of the bees coming and going
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tecto (tectum)
hint: it is synecdoche |
roof
house |
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Populus obstat regi.
Caution: the dative object |
The people stand in the way of the king.
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aestate nova
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new summer = the beginning of summer
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per noctem
per annos hint: accusative of duration |
through the night
through the years |
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nodus
obis spira volumen |
fold or coil of a serpent
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anguis
draco serpens |
serpent
dragon; serpent serpent |
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cervix
collum |
neck
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sinuo, sinuare
hint: "insinuate" |
to fold, curve, twist, wind
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macto, mactare
Hint: hostia means an animal victim or sacrifice |
to sacrifice, slaughter
honor |
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securis (noun)
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an ax used in sacrifices
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vitta, vittae (f)
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fillet, garland or band worn by the priest and the sacrificial victim
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delubrum (noun)
hint: related to ara, arae |
shrine (see LEGAMUS, p. 45)
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iuba
hint: leo, leonis |
crest
mane |
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ductus sacerdos
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chosen priest
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altum (noun)
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the deep sea
heaven |
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incumbo, incumbere
hint: se inclinare |
to lean upon
Compare: nitor and nixus sum |
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referens (refero)
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carrying back
telling |
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arrigo, arrigere
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to raise
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pontus, ponti
hint: unda hint: pelago |
sea
waves |
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pariter (adverb)
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equally
side by side |
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uterque
hint "2" |
each of two
both |
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spumo, spumare
hint: Spumanti wine |
to foam, froth, spray
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pone (adverb)
hint: "post + acc." |
behind
after |
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spumante salo
hint: ablative absolute |
with the salt sea spraying
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sollemnis aras
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holy altars
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immensa terga
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huge backs
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pars cetera
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the remaining part
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immensis orbibus (ablative)
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with huge coils
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gemini angues
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two snakes
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Horresco haec referens
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I shudder telling these things
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arva tenebant
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They held the fields.
They arrived upon the fields. |
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os, oris (ora)
hint: dens, dentis |
mouths
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sufficio, sufficere
hint: plenus suffecti |
to supply, suffuse
having filled |
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visu (ablative)
hint: video, videre |
at the sight
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amplexus (amplector)
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having enfolded
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artus, artus (noun)
hint: corpus, corporis |
joint, limb, body
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depascor, depasci
hint: cibum |
to feed on
devour |
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agmine certo (ablative)
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in a sure line
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subeo
subeuntem |
going toward
approaching |
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divello, divellere
hint "divulge" |
to tear apart
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perfundo, perfundere
hint: madidus |
to soak, drench
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sanies, saniei
hint: sanguineus |
blood
gore |
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sanie atroque veneno
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and with blood and dark venom
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perfusus
perfusus vittas |
having soaked
having soaked the fillets (bnds) |
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caedes, caedis (noun)
hint: interficio hint: necare |
slaughter, murder
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lustro, lustrare
hint: "trans" |
to traverse
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premo, premere, pressi, pressum
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press; repress
pierce |
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fudit (fundo)
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poured out
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parco, parcere, pepeci, parsum
hint: in vita hint: in vivis esse |
to spare
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elapsus (elabor)
hint: fugio |
having escaped
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concido, (concidi) (verb)
hint: acervus; cumulus; agger |
fall in a heap
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ausum, ausi (noun)
hint: audeo |
daring deed
daring |
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scelus, sceleris, n.
hint: scoundrel |
crime
sin |
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1. at
2. ac 3. ad |
1. but
2. and 3. to; toward; at |
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saucius
hint: vulnus, vulneris |
wounded
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infestus (adjective)
hint: hostis hint: minari |
hostile
threatening |
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talibus ausis
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such daring deeds
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qua pietas (line 536
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any loyalty
any duty |
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persolvo, persolvere
hint: to be absolved of debt |
to pay fully
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coram (adverb)
hint: "vultus" |
face to face
in the presence of |
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supplex; supplicis, m/f.
hint: Supplicatio = Thanksgiving |
suppliant
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senior
hint: senex |
old man
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imbellis, imbelle (adjec)
Hint: bellum |
not warlike
harmless |
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protinus (adverb)
hint: subito |
immediately
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ictus, ictus (noun)
Hint: vulnus |
stroke ; blow; wound
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conicio (verb)
Hint: jacio, jacere |
to hurl
to throw |
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foedo, foedare (verb)
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to defile
to disfigure |
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umbo, umbonis
Hint: retain the letters O and B |
boss
knob |
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patrios vultus
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a father's face
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natus, nati
hint: filius |
son
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clipeus
hint: scutum ; parma |
shield
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aes, aeris, n.
Hint: penny |
copper
bronze |
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nequiquam (adverb)
Hint: inanis ; vanus; frustra |
in vain
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cernere
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to perceive ; distinguish
to discern ; to decide separate determine |
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grates, gratium f. pl.
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thanks
reward |
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sero, serere, sevi, satum
Hint: begins with "s" Hint: think of "sire" |
to sow
to beget |
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rauco aere
hint: "sonitus" |
clanging bronze
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mentior, mentiri,mentitum
Hint: mendax |
to lie
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What is a patronym?
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Call the person the son of his father.
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referes ( future tense)
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You will report
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factum, facti, n.
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deed
exploit |
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coruscus (adjec)
Hint:fulgere; scintillant |
flashing
bright |
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superbum regnatorem
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arrognat (proud) ruler
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Pergama
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citadel of Troy
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effero, efferre
Hint: tolle! |
to lift
to raise |
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tenus (prep.)
Hint: usque Hint: ad |
to
up to as far as |
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lateri
Hint: latus, lateris |
into his side
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abdo, abdere, abdidi, abditum
Hint: celare ;dissimulare |
to hide
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altaria
Hint: ara, arae |
high part of the altar
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sors, sortis
Hint: fortuna Hint: vates |
fate
destiny lot |
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prolabor, prolabi, prolapsus ,
Hint: perire; interire |
perish
to slide; to fall |
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capulus (noun)
capulo tenus |
the hilt; handle or head
the hilt up to ____ |
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incensam...prolapsa
Hint: perfect passive Translate in the pluperfect. |
had been burned
had fallen |
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memento
Hint: it is imperative Nunc morere! |
Remember
Now die! |
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illi narrare
Hint: indirect object |
tell to him
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nuntius
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messenger
as a messenger |
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in multo sanguine
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in copious blood
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regnator populis terrisque
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ruler to many peoples and lands
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