Lexicographical Neighbors of Bemata
Literary usage of Bemata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"being the straight-going ones ; the same number of grass- tree spears (Cumino) ;
one of each kind of shield, namely the bemata, used for stopping spears, ..."
2. Domesday Studies: Being the Papers Read at the Meeting of the Domesday by Patrick Edward Dove (1888)
"... or stadion of 600 feet consisted of 240 steps or bemata, then it would also
consist of 600 of foot C, or 720 of foot B. This entirely coincides with ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... stored with devices for men to get upon their horses, which assents were termed
bemata, and in the life of Caius Gracchus, Plutarch expresseth as much. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"... which, placed bematA the magnetic pole, carries the needle toward« tbe east,
when it is placed above this pole, should carry it towards the west. ..."
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