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Scipio Africanus

Definition: Scipio Africanus

Scipio Africanus

Noun

1. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Scipio Africanus

Synonyms: Publius Cornelius Scipio (n), Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (n), Scipio (n), Scipio Africanus Major (n), Scipio the Elder (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Scipio Africanus

English words defined with "Scipio Africanus": AgnomenPublius Cornelius Scipio Africanus MajorScipio Africanus Major. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Scipio Africanus": Continence of a Scipio. (references)

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Modern Usage: Scipio Africanus

DomainUsage

Clever

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone. (references; author: Scipio Africanus)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Scipio Africanus

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Greater Than Napoleon, Scipio Africanus (reference)

  • Scipio Africanus, or the Thunderbolts: Selections from Book Thirty (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: Scipio Africanus

Illustrations:
Scipio Africanus

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Familiar Quotations: Scipio Africanus

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Scipio Africanus

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

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Expressions: Scipio Africanus

Expressions using "Scipio Africanus": Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major Scipio Africanus Major. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Scipio Africanus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

scipio africanus

27
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Anagrams: Scipio Africanus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-f-i-i-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-u"

-5 letters: caparisons, capricious, capsaicins.

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Alternative Orthography: Scipio Africanus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 69 70 69 6F      41 66 72 69 63 61 6E 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01101001 01110000 01101001 01101111 00100000 01000001 01100110 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101110 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#105 &#112 &#105 &#111 &#32 &#65 &#102 &#114 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#110 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0069 0070 0069 006F      0041 0066 0072 0069 0063 0061 006E 0075 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5369758275812357284756967808785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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