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Sunday, April 17, 2011
A Latin Auto-Antonym: Vegrandis
Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary, s.v. vēgrandis, give two opposite meanings: "I. not very large, little, small, diminutive (very rare)....II. very great, = valde grandis...."