Dueling papers this morning on the word "summa" as compared with "some of.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
For they amount in their extraordinary compactness and depth to a little "summa" of his theology. From Wordnik.com. ["Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary"] Reference
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam. From Wordnik.com. [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference
See Lye, who has also heah, freols summa festivitas, summum festum. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 28, May 11, 1850] Reference
Quem locum Marius, quod ibi regis thesauri erant, summa vi capere intendit. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
Im zippin 'around some summa' nights and it's like an all-you-can eat situation. From Wordnik.com. ['Black Nature': Poems Of Promise And Survival] Reference
Si vero male, est summum periculum animae, summum malum, summa miseria, summus pudor. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
Folia alterna! vel summa sparsa vel ob approximationem sub-opposita: intervenia areolata, areolis piliferis, pilis basi bulbosis. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
A schoolboy reading Cassar's "Commentaries" came to translate the following passage thus: "Caesar venit in Gallia summa diligentia.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 392, October 3, 1829] Reference
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