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〈◊〉_d dictus_fw-la significat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nempe_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la scelere_fw-la exercitatus_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la injuriam_fw-la cuivis_fw-la inferendam_fw-la totus_fw-la comparatus_fw-la 5.37_o comparatus_fw-la bez._n in_o mat._n 5.37_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la homo_fw-la de_fw-fr industria_fw-la malus_fw-la malignus_fw-la &_o add_v male_a agendum_fw-la exercitatus_fw-la lap._n exercitatus_fw-la cornel._n a_o lap._n diabolus_fw-la per_fw-la quandam_fw-la antonomasiam_fw-la voco_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 16._o 〈◊〉_d drus_n obs_n sac._n l._n 13._o c._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praestigiatorem_fw-la seu_fw-la prestigiis_fw-la incantatione_n &_o imposturis_fw-la fallentem_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_n alios_fw-la veteres_n platonem_fw-la sc_fw-la herodot_n &_o alios_fw-la graecos_n significat_fw-la 20._o evil_a man_n and_o seducer_n sin_n and_o seduction_n go_v 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