Palus

Then came the origin of the word pool -- from "palus," a marsh, as we were told, some dictionary attesting to the fact, and such a marsh might cover a large expanse. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)

Silvio Sircanat, Prodi pressiesindajat (portavoce on ikka pressiesindaja, eks?), süüdistati mõni aeg tagasi selles, et ta peatas oma eraauto - avalikus kohas, tänaval - transseksuaali kõrval ja palus temalt seksi ning kinnitati, et sellest juhtumist on pildid. ❋ Tatsutahime (2007)

Hoc flumen transit per medium Cathay, cui aqua infert damnum, quando nimis inundat, sicut palus in Ferraria, ❋ Unknown (2004)

With his war costume, coat of mail of gold and silver, cross-belt and scabbard glistening with precious stones, boots with golden spurs, helmet ornamented with an aigrette of brilliant diamonds, Feofar presented an aspect rather strange than imposing for a Tartar Sardana-palus, an undisputed sovereign, who directs at his pleasure the life and fortune of his subjects. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Ipsi enim in bello sunt primi: Etiam si debet palus vel aqua periculosa transiri, eos oportet primo vadum tentare. ❋ Unknown (2003)

= Ovid's drinking water was, on the other hand, rather brackish: 'est in aqua dulci non inuidiosa uoluptas:/aequoreo bibitur cum sale mixta palus' (_EP_ II vii 73-74). ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

It was known to the Romans as Lugea palus, and is a natural curiosity. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Tarbigilus simulare fugam flatusque Leonis spe nutrire leuis improuisusque repente, dum grauibus marcent epulis hostique catenas110 inter uina crepant, largo sopita Lyaeo castra subit. pereunt alii, dum membra cubili tarda leuant; alii leto iunxere soporem; ast alios uicina palus sine more ruentis excipit et cumulis inmanibus aggerat undas. ❋ Claudian (1912)

Cocyti tardaque palus inamabilis unda20 alligat et nouies Styx interfusa coercet. quin ipsae stupuere domus atque intima Leti ❋ Vergil (1912)

Virgil probably had in his mind the real _Acherusia palus_, a gloomy marsh near ❋ 70 BC-19 BC Virgil (1902)

Me circum limus niger et deformis arundo Cocyti tardaque palus inamabilis unda Alligat, et novies Styx interfusa coercet. ❋ John Addington Symonds (1866)

Sardana-palus, an undisputed sovereign, who directs at his pleasure the life and fortune of his subjects. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

Then came the origin of the word pool — from “palus,” a marsh, as we were told, some dictionary attesting to the fact, and such a marsh might cover a large expanse. ❋ Unknown (1862)

_ But it may confound the rash adopters of the more obvious etymological derivations, to learn that the couch-grass or dog-grass, or, to speak scientifically, the _Triticum repens_ of Linnaeus, does not grow within a quarter of a mile of this castrum or hill-fort, whose ramparts are uniformly clothed with short verdant turf; and that we must seek a bog or _palus_ at a still greater distance, the nearest being that of ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

In India, the same deity is to be seen in retired parts of the gardens, as he is described by Horace -- "ruber porrectus ab inguine palus" -- and where he is worshipped by the matrons for the same reason. ❋ Jonathan Swift (1706)

Triticum repens of Linnaeus, does not grow within a quarter of a mile of this castrum or hill-fort, whose ramparts are uniformly clothed with short verdant turf; and that we must seek a bog or palus at ❋ Unknown (1584)

And also the Cities of Pyrrha and Antissa, about Meotis palus: and also the Citie Burys, in the Corynthian bosome, commonly called ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)