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Megale
Mĕgălē, ēs, f., = Μεγάλη (the great, exalted), I a surname of the Magna Mater, Calend. Verrii Fl. i...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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climax
clīmax, ăcis, f., = κλῖμαξ (a ladder), a rhetorical figure , consisting in a gradual increase in fo...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.