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What are the moon phases in Latin?
Here is a list of phases that we distinguish in English (taken from here):
Full Moon
Waning Gibbous Moon
Last Quarter Moon
Waning Crescent Moon
New Moon
Waxing Crescent Moon
First Quarter Moon
Waxing ...
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What word did the Romans use to describe a hot, dry, sandy desert?
Did the Romans during the classical era have a word for a dry, hot, desert? There is desertum, but that is more "wilderness" than explicitly desert in the sense we might think of today. ...
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Exact meaning of aurora in canon law?
Aurora means dawn, that's well known. But there is more than one type of dawn. The English Wikipedia knows three types: astronomical (18°), nautical (12°) and civil dawn (sun 6° below the horizon). ...
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How do you say "dry river/watercourse" in Latin?
Is there a specific/right term to refer to this Mediterranean natural entity, i.e. a place where a stream runs sporadically?
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Did the Romans give names to instances of natural disasters?
It is common to name storms.
For example, a hurricane called Harvey is now over Texas.
On the other hand, ancient people named deities related to various places and natural phenomena.
There might be a ...
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why all tree names in Latin are femininum? [duplicate]
Why most of the tree names in Latin are femininum? Is there any historical/etymological reason for it?
quercus [quercūs, f.]
betula [betulæ, f.]
alnus [alni, f.]
fraxinus [fraxini, f.]
populus [...
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