Word: putabat
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...such noble correspondents as Caesar and Cicero. But like any enterprising newspaper, Acta prints a good deal more than spot news. There are such circulation boosters as Poppaedius the Sailorman, an Acrostichis Duplex (double acrostic), an Aenigma Verbale (crossword puzzle), and occasionally something that looks like an ad. ("Putabat to gam suam candidam esse!" snorts one Senator about another, in apparent anticipation of the 20th Century catch line of Britain's Persil soap powder, "I thought my shirt was white...
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