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PRONUNCIATION OF HORATIUS COCLES

Horatius Cocles  [hɒˈreɪʃɪəs ˈkəʊkliːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORATIUS COCLES

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Horatius Cocles is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HORATIUS COCLES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Horatius Cocles

Horatius Cocles

Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the ancient Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Lars Porsena, king of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium.

Definition of Horatius Cocles in the English dictionary

The definition of Horatius Cocles in the dictionary is a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORATIUS COCLES


Achilles
əˈkɪliːz
Androcles
ˈændrəˌkliːz
Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
Belize
bəˈliːz
Cleese
kliːz
Damocles
ˈdæməˌkliːz
Empedocles
ɛmˈpɛdəˌkliːz
Eteocles
ɪˈtiːəˌkliːz
Heracles
ˈhɛrəˌkliːz
Herakles
ˈherəˌkliːz
Hercules
ˈhɜːkjʊˌliːz
lees
liːz
Nepalese
ˌnɛpəˈliːz
Pericles
ˈpɛrɪˌkliːz
please
pliːz
Sophocles
ˈsɒfəˌkliːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
Thales
ˈθeɪliːz
Themistocles
θəˈmɪstəˌkliːz
valise
vəˈliːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORATIUS COCLES

Hoppus foot
hoppy
hops
hopsack
hopsacking
hopscotch
hoptoad
hora
Horace
Horae
horal
horary
Horatian
Horatian ode
Horatii
horde
hordein
hordeolum
Hordern
Horeb

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORATIUS COCLES

articles
Canticle of Canticles
Canticles
Chronicles
Eccles
Feast of Tabernacles
go round in circles
gold-rimmed spectacles
horn-rimmed spectacles
in articles
oracles
pair of spectacles
shipping articles
ship´s articles
silicles
spectacles
Sword of Damocles
Tabernacles
Thirty-nine Articles
tummy muscles

Synonyms and antonyms of Horatius Cocles in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Horatius Cocles» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

霍雷修斯柯克莱斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Horatius Cocles
570 millions of speakers

English

Horatius Cocles
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Horatius Cocles
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Horatius كوكليس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гораций Cocles
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Horácio Cocles
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হরারিটিস কোকিলস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Horatius Coclès
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Horatius Cocles
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Horatius Cocles
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホラティウスコクレス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Horatius Cocles
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horatius Cocles
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Horatius Cocles
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹொரதிஸ் கோக்ளிஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होरारियस कोकल्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Horatius Cocles
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Orazio Coclite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Horatius Cocles
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Горацій Cocles
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Horatius Cocles
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Horatius Cocles
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Horatius Cocles
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Horatius Cocles
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Horatius Cocles
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Horatius Cocles

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORATIUS COCLES»

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English Society in Brussels Described, Or Letters in Rhime ...
Horatius Cocles Wittol. THE TRIPLE X. A Jack in office, now an Ex commis. — His shape and air, — Stiff neck, and foul breath. — A great man's present. — A monstrous puppy. — A clerk's progress. — Uets into an office as an underling.
Horatius Cocles Wittol, 1825
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A Junior Latin Reader
HORATIUS COCLES Tarquinius, ut regnum reciperaret, ad Lartem Porsenara, Clusinum regem, fugit. Ei persuasit ne regem Etruscae gen- tis regno privari pateretur. Porsena Romam infesto exercitu venit. Magnus terror senatum occupavit; ...
Frederick Warren Sanford, Harry Fletcher Scott, 1922
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Plutarch's Lives
The same fortune fell upon Lucretius, so that the Romans, being dismayed, retreated into the city for their security, and Rome was in great hazard of being taken, the enemy forcing their way on to the wooden bridge, where Horatius Cocles, ...
Plutarch, John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough, 1906
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Horatius Cocles
Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the ancient Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Lars Porsena, king of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
Romans remembered the deeds of three heroic Romans who saved their city in this dark hour: Horatius Cocles, Mucius Scaevola, and a brave young woman, Cloelia. The Etruscan general first thought to sweep across the Tiber River and ...
Joyce E. Salisbury, 2001
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Universal Historical Dictionary
1 ; Cic. de Inn. Honarm, gens, an ancient Patrician family of Rome, of whom were the three twin brothers, the Horatii and Horatius Cocles so well known in history. [ Vide Horah'us] Two branches of this family are' known by the surnames of ...
George Crabb, 1825
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Ottavo contributo alla storia degli studi classici e del ...
One of the most ingenious suggestions ever made by Dumezil concerns Horatius Cocles and Mucius Scaevola, the two heroes who together with the young woman Cloelia persuade the Etruscan Porsen- na to leave the Romans alone after ...
Arnaldo Momigliano, 2006
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Thomas Jefferson's Art Collection : "Horatius Cocles ...
Folder includes facsimile copies of research notes on a painting entitled, "Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge," by Pier Francesco Mola.
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Roman Historical Sources and Institutions: Ed. by Henry A. ...
Horatius Cocles . . . tntum bostlum airmen, donec post ter- gum suum pons ab- rumperetur, inf atiga- bili pugna sustinuit atque . . . armatus se in Tiberim misit laesus . . . natandi . . . unu3 . . . unuK . . . unus . . . Schol. ad Juvenal. 8, 264. Horatius ...
Henry Arthur Sanders, 1904
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Shaggy Crowns: Ennius' Annales and Virgil's Aeneid
Tarquinius Superbus and Lars Porsenna, and it seems likely that, despite Macrobius' omission, Ogilvie's idea that there was probably an Ennian source for Livy's Cocles episode is right.130 Horatius Cocles appears tearing down the bridge ...
Nora Goldschmidt, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORATIUS COCLES»

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Salon du Dessin: capolavori da Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art
VINCENZO CAMUCCINI – Horatius Cocles, 1810-15 ca. – Pencil and sfumino on ivory card chequered with a pencil, mm 504 x 800. «ArtsLife, Mar 15»
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Six local composers interpret 16th-century art in surprising ways
... was inspired by “five very different prints”: Piranesi's “The Drawbridge,” Georg Pencz's “Horatius Cocles,” Philip Galle's “Prudentia (Prudence) ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 14»
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Diary 14 Toothaches, Penalties And An Anniversary
Mee to Horatius Cocles. For a moment I scratched my head at that one until I dredged up from murky memory a poem we used to read at Tod ... «TheFootballNetwork.net, Nov 13»
4
The Black Count
... the incarnation of Horatius Cocles, the ancient hero who saved the Roman Republic by keeping invading barbarians from crossing the Tiber. «NPR, Sep 12»
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Mothers Little Helper Rolling Stones (w/ lyrics)
Horatius Cocles 2 months ago. haven't heard that in awhile,thanx. Read more Show less. Reply · 2 3. ▽ Report spam or abuse. Angelika Oana ... «YouTube, May 09»
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Tennessee Ernie Ford and Johnny Cash-Together!
Report spam or abuse. Horatius Cocles 5 days ago. classic. Read more Show less. Reply · 1 2. ▽ Report spam or abuse. Blues fan 6 days ago. «YouTube, Jul 07»

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