Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamas
Literary usage of Gamas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Church in Nine Books, from A.D.324 to A.D.440 by Sozomen (1846)
"A BARBARIAN, named gamas, who had taken refuge among the Romans, and who had
risen from the lowest ranks of the army to military command, formed a design to ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... having passed the Line, with joy recovered sight of the Starres, which so long
they had not seene. §. VIII. Of gamas Acts at Calicut, and his returne. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... gamas, and guanacos ; the flesh they eat is generally raw. Their choice morsels
are the liver, the lungs, and the raw kidneys, which they prefer to eat ..."
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