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Isaacus

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Proper noun

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Isaacus m (genitive Isaacī); second declension

  1. Isaac
    • post 1726, Isaac Newton's monument at Westminster[1]:
      H. S. E. ISAACUS NEWTON Eques Auratus, / Qui, animi vi prope divinâ, / Planetarum Motus, Figuras, / Cometarum semitas, Oceanique Aestus. Suâ Mathesi facem praeferente / Primus demonstravit: / Radiorum Lucis dissimilitudines, / Colorumque inde nascentium proprietates, / Quas nemo antea vel suspicatus erat, pervestigavit. / Naturae, Antiquitatis, S. Scripturae, / Sedulus, sagax, fidus Interpres / Dei O. M. Majestatem Philosophiâ asseruit, / Evangelij Simplicitatem Moribus expressit. / Sibi gratulentur Mortales, / Tale tantumque exstitisse / HUMANI GENERIS DECUS. / NAT. XXV DEC. A.D. MDCXLII. OBIIT. XX. MAR. MDCCXXVI
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Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Isaacus
genitive Isaacī
dative Isaacō
accusative Isaacum
ablative Isaacō
vocative Isaace