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Code asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

What is latin for eclipse?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Defectio solis (-nis, f) vel eclipsis solis (-is. f) vel defectus solis (-us, m) eventus naturalis est qui tum evenit *** inter spectatores in tellure stantes et Solem luna suo itinere movetur. Litterarum peritus Ammianus Marcellinus descripsit et explanavit in libris suis de rebus gestis Romanorum in libro XX, parte III Solis defectum (textum sumptum ex bibliotheca Latina).

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