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Nullus

nullus: no Part of speech: adjective Example sentence: Nulla avaritia sine poena est. Sentence meaning: No greed is without punishment. Lots of impact here. null (adj.) "void of legal force, invalid," 1560s, from Middle French nul, from Latin nullus "not any, none," from ne- "not, no" (from PIE root *ne- "not") + illus "any," diminutive of unus "one" (from PIE root *oi-no- "one, unique"). Related entries & more nullity (n.) 1560s, "state or quality of being legally null and void," from French nullité (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin nullitalis, from Latin nullus "not any" (see null). From 1580s as "a state of nothingness;" in reference to persons, "a non-entity," by 1650s. Related entries & more nullifidian (n.) "one of no faith or religion," 1560s, from Latin nulli-, combining form of nullus "no" (see null) + fides "faith" (fr
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Cito

cito: quickly Part of speech: adverb Example sentence: Levis est fortuna: id cito reposcit quod dedit. Sentence meaning: Fortune is fickle: it quickly demands back what it gave. This word has not had a large influence on English but here are some examples. cite (v.) mid-15c., "to summon, call upon officially," from Old French  citer  "to summon" (14c.), from Latin  citare  "to summon, urge, call; put in sudden motion, call forward; rouse, excite," frequentative of  ciere  "to move, set in motion, stir, rouse, call, invite" from PIE root  *keie-  "to set in motion, to move to and fro." Sense of "call forth a passage of writing, quote the words of another" is first attested 1530s. Related:  Cited ;  citing . Citation, recite, & related words. 
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Genus

genus: kind, sort. Is that word important in modern English? Genus:  The level immediately above species in biological classification systems.  An example would Wolf, Canus Lupis.  Canus is the name of the genus Lupis is the species.  The plural of genus is genera which has led to the popular use of the word generic as in generic drugs.  A related word, gene (to birth or beget) has had a much greater impact on our language,  Antigone; autogenous; benign; cognate; congener; congenial; congenital; connate; cosmogony; cryogenic; degenerate; engender; engine; epigone; eugenics; -gen; gendarme; gender; gene; genealogy; general; generate; generation; generic; generous; genesis; -genesis; genial; -genic; genital; genitive; genius; genocide; genotype; genre; gens; gent; genteel; gentile; gentle; gentry; genuine; genus; - geny; germ; german, oxygen, nitrogen.  From the Online Etymological Dictionary https://www.etymonline.com/word/*gene-?ref=etymonline_crossreference
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Leisure

otiose (adj.) 1794, "unfruitful, futile," from Latin  otiosus  "having leisure or ease, unoccupied, idle, not busy" (source of French  oiseux , Spanish  ocioso , Italian  otioso ), from  otium  "leisure, free time, freedom from business," of unknown origin. Meaning "at leisure, idle" is recorded from 1850. Compare Latin phrase  otium cum dignitate  "leisure with dignity." Earlier adjective in English was  otious  "at ease" (1610s), and Middle English had noun  otiosity  (late 15c.). negotiate (v.) 1590s, "to communicate with another or others in search of mutual agreement," a back-formation from  negotiation , or else from Latin  negotiatus , past participle of  negotiari  "carry on business, do business," from  negotium  "a business, employment, occupation, affair (public or private)," literally "lack of leisure," from  neg-  "not" (from PIE root  *ne-  "not"
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