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Cornu Ammonis — Cor nu Am*mo nis ([a^]m*m[=o] n[i^]s); pl. {Cornua Ammonis}. [L., horn of Ammon. See {Ammonite}.] (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram s horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boindie — BOINDIE, a parish, in the county of Banff, 3 miles (W.) from Banff; containing, with the village of Whitehills, 1501 inhabitants. This place, from which Banff was disjoined about the year 1635, was anciently called Inverboindie, signifying the … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
AMMON — I. AMMON Aegyptius, monasticum vitae genus excoluit; et cum suorum impulsione uxorem duxisset, cum illa numquam rem habuit, sed perpetuam cum illa virginitatem servavit. Sozom. l. 1. c. 14. II. AMMON Latin. populus eius, XVII. Iudaeorum Rex… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ARIES — I. ARIES Danieli visus c. 8. v. 3. qui cornibus suis omnes orbis partes ita impetebat, ut nullus ei obsisteret, Persarum Rex est: qui sedisse dicitut ad Euleum, quia Susa, Regni Metropolis, ad eum amnem sita erat; et cornua duo habuisse, h. e.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
CORNU — proprie de quadrupedibus. Plin. l. 11. c. 37. Cornua multis quidem et aquatilium et marinorum et serpentum variis data sunt modis: sed quae iure cornua intelligantur, quadrupedum generi tantum Nec alibi maior naturae lascivia lusit animalium… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
HAMON — I. HAMON Iovis cogn. qui in arena putatur inventus, quae Graece hoc nomine ἄμμος appellatur: Ei cornua affiguntur arietis, a genere pecoris, inter quod inventus est. Mela de Cyrenaica, l. 1. c. 8. In ea Ammonis oraculum, Plin. l. 5. c. 5. Mirum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
cornu — 1. [TA] SYN: horn. 2. Any structure composed of horny substance. 3. One of the coronal extensions of the dental pulp underlying a cusp or lobe. 4. The major subdivisions of the lateral … Medical dictionary
Cornu — (pl. cornua) is a Latin word for horn. Cornu may also refer to: Cornu (horn), an ancient musical instrument People: Dominique Cornu, a Belgian road and track cyclist, born 1985. Marie Alfred Cornu, a physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named… … Wikipedia
DII — ingenii ab Unius notitia exerrantis figmentum, tot fuêre apud Gentiles, quot deprehendêrunt vel usui suo, vel terrori, vel admirationi apta instrumenta; omisso Eo, qui solus horum Auctor, naturâ suâ invisibilis, per visibilia haec sua opera ipsis … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Ammonshorn — Sn Versteinerung eines Kopffüßlers per. Wortschatz fach. (18. Jh.) Onomastische Bildung. Übersetzung der seit Plinius bezeugten Bezeichnung l. ammōnis cornūa Hörner Ammons (nach dem ägyptischen Gott Ammon, der unter anderem in der Gestalt eines… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
