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characterization in his
Satire VI of
something being "rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno" ("a bird as rare upon the
earth as a
black swan").: 165 ...
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extraordinary or
unusual thing. From Juvenal's
Satires VI: rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a
black swan")...
- that "a good
person is as rare as a
black swan" ("rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno", 6.165). It was a
common expression in 16th
century London...
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Black swan
Satire VI by Juvenal,
containing the line: rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno, 'a rare bird in the lands, and very like a
black swan'...
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discovering a
black swan) List of
Latin phrases (R): rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a
black swan")...
- sano 10.356), that a
perfect wife is a "rare bird" (rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cycno 6.165; a rare bird in the earth, a
modified form of which...
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subjects –
Lycus of the
black hair and eyes (C.1.32.11–12:
nigris oculis nigroque/crine decorum). It is
possible that
Alcaeus wrote amorously about Sappho...
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extraordinary or
unusual thing. From Juvenal's
Satires VI: rara avis in
terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a
black swan")...
-
Linnaeus 1758, p. 183 F.
remigibus rectricibusque fuscis,
corpore griseo nigroque,
alarum fascia alba
gemina Brisson 1760, p. 36 Summers-Smith 1988, p. 217...
- märkvärdigheter hos
insectet Cimex ovatus pallide-griseus,
abdominis lateribus albo
nigroque variis, alis albis, basi
scutelli nigricante. –
Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens...
