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peccavi
(redirected from peccare)

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pec·ca·vi  (p-käw, -v, -kv)
n. pl. pec·ca·vis
A confession of sin.

[Latin peccv, I have sinned, first person sing. perfect tense of peccre, to sin; see peccable.]

peccavi [pɛˈkɑːviː]
n pl -vis
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a confession of guilt
[from Latin, literally: I have sinned, from peccāre]


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However, for our purposes it is essential to note that Augustine understood this effect as an epistemological deficiency as well: while in Eden the primeval couple was posse non peccare (able not to sin), after the fall all of humanity becomes non posse non peccare (not able not to sin).
Ahime, avete artisticamente peccato e continuate, ahime, a peccare anche voi, per quanto la vostra felice condizione di donna vel consente
114r-115r, "Quid mirum est, inquam, mulieres aliquid peccare secundum naturam cum illud idem mares peccent adversante ac repugnante natura.
 
 
 
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