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Lusus naturae
Lusus naturae Lu"sus na*tu"r[ae] [L., fr. lusus sport + naturae, gen. of natura nature.] Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.

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- that the mythological character Lusus derives from a mistranslation of the expression lusum enin Liberi patris ("from lusus father Liber derives"), in Pliny's...
- The Lusus Troiae, also as Ludus Troiae and ludicrum Troiae ("Troy Game" or "Game of Troy") was an equestrian event held in ancient Rome. It was among...
- literature referred to abnormalities of all kinds under the Latin term Lusus naturae (lit. "freak of nature"). As early as the 17th century, Teratology...
- [Lusitania takes its name from the Lusus ****ociated with Bacchus and the Lyssa of his Bacchantes, and Pan is its governor]. Lusus is usually translated as "game"...
- "public horse" and Roman cavalry parades and demonstrations (such as the Lusus Troiae) is complex, but those who parti****ted in the latter seem, for instance...
- the command of man". Lusus Serius was first published in Latin by Lucas Jennis in 1616. The full name of the work in Latin is Lusus Serius, Quo Hermes sive...
- Canto VII. The heroes of the epic are the Lusiads (Lusíadas), the sons of Lusus—in other words, the Portuguese. The initial strophes of Jupiter's speech...
- Lusus' reign is traditionally placed in the 16th - 15th centuries BC, e.g., in the Livro Primeiro da Monarchia Lusitana. All this is debated; Lusus has...
- The Lancaster University Students' Union (LUSU) is a students' union at Lancaster University in Lancashire, England. It is a registered company and charity...
- Afterwards, Ascanius leads the boys in a military parade and mock battle, the Lusus Troiae—a tradition he will teach the Latins while building the walls of...