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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
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|lshtext=<b>circĭnus</b>: i,<br /><b>I</b> m.. = [[κίρκινος]] | |lshtext=<b>circĭnus</b>: i,<br /><b>I</b> m.. = [[κίρκινος]], a [[pair]] of compasses' [[flumen]] [[Dubis]]. ut [[circino]] [[circumductum]], [[paene]] totum [[oppidum]] cingit, Caes. B. G. 1, 38: diducere, Vitr. 9, 7, 2: [[circino]] spatia dimetiri, id ib.; id. 10, 4, 1: [[ratio]] circini, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63. | ||
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