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virginium

(vəˈdʒɪnɪəm)

(Elements & Compounds) chem a former name for francium

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nos convivia, nos proelia virginium sectis in iuvenes unguibus acrium cantamus vacui, sive quid urimur, non praeter solitum leves (1.6: 17-20) I sing of feasts, of battles of virgins with their fierce fingernails raised against young men, whether I am relaxed, or inflamed, not without lightheartedness (2) Horace sets out a 'value-system' in which lyric verse exceeds epic verse in importance, effectively 'inverting' the existing hierarchy of literary genres (Connor 1987:190).

Horace: the misunderstood lover? Views on Horace's approach to lyric love poetry in his odes

Two improvements are possible for the transadditions list (discovered with the help of the Franklin Crossword Puzzle Solver): ALUMINUM transadds to NUMMULARIA, and HAFNIUM to HUMANIFY." He notes that Webster's Third lists additional variant names for elements such as ALABAMINE, MASURIUM, VIRGINIUM, EKA-CESIUM and DVI-MANGANESE, not to mention the well-known QUICKSILVER.