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Word: serpentem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...time), the adventures of Pinoculus move as swiftly as ever. He is set upon by bandits who demand his money or his life ("Emitte nummos aut morerel"), and later decide to hang him ("Suspendamus!"'). He is robbed, imprisoned ("Subito in carcarem mittite," cries the judge), encounters a "horridum serpentem," is nearly eaten alive by a fisherman who thinks he is a crawfish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The 53rd Language | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

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