Lexicographical Neighbors of Lusus
Literary usage of Lusus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man by John Kidd (1852)
"On those Animal Forms called Monsters, or lusus Natural. The subject of the
present section is naturally connected with that of the latter part of the ..."
2. The American Medical Intelligencer by Robley Dunglison (1842)
"Could this very singular lusus naturae have been delivered alive. and I doubt
not its practicability, had the case been in the hands of a skilful accoucheur ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"lusus, the loved companion of the god, In Spain's fair bosom fixt his last ...
and in the former book, calls the ensign of lusus a bough; here he calls it ..."
4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1828)
"Notice regarding some extraordinary lusus ... to meet with several singular
instances of lusus Naturae, I now propose shortly to describe some of the most ..."
Other Resources:
Interlingua