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singularis_fw-la praefectus_fw-la domesticus_n speculator_n proprius_fw-la curator_n intimus_fw-la cognitor_fw-la assiduus_fw-la observator_fw-la individuus_fw-la arbiter_n inseparabilis_fw-la testis_fw-la malorum_fw-la improbator_fw-la bonorum_fw-la probator_n si_fw-la ritè_fw-la animadvertatur_fw-la sedulò_fw-la cognoscatur_fw-la religiosè_fw-la colatur_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la socrate_n justitiâ_fw-la &_o innocentiâcultus_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la rebus_fw-la incertis_fw-la prospector_fw-la dubiis_fw-la praemonitor_fw-la periculosis_fw-la tutator_fw-la egenis_fw-la opitulator_fw-la qui_fw-la tibi_fw-la quaeat_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o somniis_fw-la tum_fw-la in_o signis_fw-la tum_fw-la etiam_fw-la fortassè_fw-la corâ—m_fw-la câ—m_fw-la usus_fw-la postulat_fw-la mala_fw-la averruncare_fw-la bona_fw-la prosperare_fw-la humilia_fw-la sublimare_fw-la nutantia_fw-la fulcire_fw-la obscura_fw-la clarare_fw-la secunda_fw-la regere_fw-la adversa_fw-la corrigere_fw-la the_o substance_n 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