"Pes" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bombastic (c. 5, 'hic alternis non solum morti mortem exaggerabant, sed tumulos tumulis exaequabant'), and makes a ridiculous show of learning (quoting the combat of Achilles and Memnon, c. 25, and Ennius, c. 23, 'nostri cessere parumper'; c. 31, 'pes pede ...
— The Student's Companion to Latin Authors • George Middleton
... :pessimal: /pes'im-l/ /adj./ [Latin-based antonym for 'optimal'] Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also 'pessimize' /vt./ To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for 'optimal' and 'optimize', but for some ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... symptoms are the result of this. In alcoholic neuritis there is great tenderness of the muscles. When the legs are affected the patient may be unable to walk, and the toes may droop and the heel be drawn up, resulting in one variety of pes equino-varus. Pressure sores and perforating ulcer of the foot are the most ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
... grete renowne, On oure Lady day the pes was wrought; The kyng, the quene, with lords many one, To worshyppe that virgine as they oght, Went a prosession, and sparyd right noght, In sight of alle the comonialte, In tokyn that love was in hert and thoght; Reioice Englond ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous
... or wooden inkcase containing reeds see vol. v. 239 and viii. 178. I may remark that its origin is the Egyptian "Pes," of which there is a specimen in the British Museum inscribed, "Amsis the good god and Lord ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 9 • Richard F. Burton |
