penna
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In this country the problem is to decline "penna:" in Germany "mensa" is the word.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
Swallow-like, English poetry had hung about the eaves or skimmed the surface of town and court; but now, like the lark, it soared into freer air— Cœtusque vulgares et udam Spernit humum fugiente penna.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
Dic, Phoenix unde in nitidos novus emicat annos, Plaudit et elusos aurea penna rogos?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Sed taceat, qui χαῖρε tuum quoque nuntiat, ales; Χαῖρε meum penna candidiore venit.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
The word pen comes from the Latin penna, "a feather;" and as in olden days the ordinary pens were "quills" of birds, the name was very good.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
