Lexicographical Neighbors of Latrons
Literary usage of Latrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... the latrons in the college, whereby the students had not such natural easement
as before," ... —The sea—is the latrons and receptacle of the universe. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... latrons, ». ... He abo fared the latrons in the college, whereby the student«
had not inch natural ..."
3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... three thousand camels attended his march ; and his wife Henda, with
fifteen -•latrons of Mecca, incessantly sounded their timbrels to animate the troops ..."
4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"I apprehend that Mr. Whitford has a lower order of latrons in his mind.' 'Permit me
to say, sir, that you have not considered the ignoble aspect of the ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1862)
"... the great Earl of Westmoreland, were among the original latrons. But in the
year 1547 (1st Edward VI.) the guild of St. Besides this great ..."
6. Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ: The Familiar Letters of James Howell by James Howell, Agnes Repplier (1907)
"You know the saying in France, that " la guerre fait les latrons, et la paix les
amene au gibet" (War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows). ..."
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