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fugio

/ ˈ´ÚÂá³ÜË»åÏôɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a former US copper coin worth one dollar, the first authorized by Congress (1787)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fugio1

C18: Latin: I flee; one of the words inscribed on the coin
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Rusty Banks’s “Dum Spectas Fugio†uses ticking clock sounds and electric bass to create grooves that can conjure turntablism, the Minimalism of Marc Mellits and some gentler moods.

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The next ring features “FUGIO†and the sun, and the last says “CONTINENTAL CURRENCY.â€

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It was used for learning to swim, but all trace of it had disappeared before the time of Festus, whose date is uncertain, but who lived before the end of the fourth century— "In thermas fugio: sonas ad aurem, Piscinam peto: non licet natare."

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It bears a print of a sun-dial, with the motto, Fugio, Mind Your Business.

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Hobbes had a severe illness at Paris, which lasted six months, thus noticed in his metrical life: Dein per sex menses morbo decumbo propinque  Accinctus morti; nec fugio, illa fugit.

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