The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• TEarus, a riuer of Thracia, at the heed wherof Darius kynge of Persia, whā he went into Scithia, pighte his pa∣uyllyons, and there abode thre dayes. And delytynge at the mooste pleasaunt water of that ryuer, he sette in the same place a piller grauē with letters of greke, declaryng his being there, with cōmendatiō of the water.
• Techna, a craft, also a wyle, or subtyl meane
• Techines, were they, whiche also were cal∣lyd Corybantes, and were feined to be the sonnes of Minerua and Sol.
• Technicus, ca, cum, artificiall, inuentiue.
• Technides, a craftes man.
• Technophyon, a settynge forthe of crafte.
• Tectorius, a, um, pertaynyng to couerynge.
• Tecum, with the.
• Tector, toris, a periettour.
• Tectorium, the playstrynge or pariettynge of a house.
• Tectoriū opus, perietting or plastring wark
• Tectum, the roufe of a house. sommetyme all the house.
• Tecum oro & quaeso, I pray & byseche the.* 1.1
• Tecum sentio, I am of thyn opinyon.
• Teda, a tree, out of the whiche sweateth a lycour, whan it is hette.
• Taedulus, of whom al men be wery. somtime it signifieth him, which is wery of som thīg.* 1.2
• Tegaeum, a citie in Archadia.
• Tegaeates, men of that citie.
• Teges, gitis, a course blanket or couerlyd,* 1.3 whiche lyeth on poore mens beddes. It is alsoo a matte.
• Tegeticula, the diminutiue of teges.
• Tegillum, a lyttell couerynge.
• Tegmen, & tegimen, & tegmentum, a coue∣rynge or couer.
• Tego, texi, tegere, to couer, to hyde, to de∣fende or kepe.
• Tegula, a tyle. Tegulum, a couerynge.
• Teium, a citie in Paphlagonia, where Ana∣creon the poete was borne.
• Tela, the clothe, whiche is spoken as welle of sylke as of lynnen clothe or wollen.
• Tellanae, a certayne kynde of fygges.
• Telamones, ymages, whiche do beare vppe pyllers or postes.
• Telemachus, the son of Vlisses & Penelope.
• Teleboae, people in Grece.
• Telephium, an herbe callyd Orpyn.
• Telephus, the sonne, whiche was nourished with an hynde. Telina, a certain garment.
• Telonarius, & telo, lonis, a collectour or ga∣therer of tributes. Telonium, the place where taskes or tributes are payde.
• Telos, in greke is an end, honour, a legion, a tribute or pēcion, it is also the name of an ile, where the ointment callid telina is made
• Telpussa, a citie in Arcadia.
• Tellus, li, a mās name whom the wise Solon iuged to be more fortunate thā the rich king Cresus.
• Tellus, luris, the erthe.
• Telum, al thynge whiche maye be throwen or cast with the hand, be it stone, wod, or irō it is also the generall name of al that, wher∣with a man doth fyght, callyd weapon. some tyme it is taken for a sworde.
• Temerarius, a, um, more hardy than nede, or wysedome requyreth, folehardy. somtime dredefull, or to be dradde.
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• Temeritas, atis, & temeritudo, folehardines
• Temerè, vnaduysedly, foolyshely, aduentu∣rously, sometyme it sygnifieth almoste. al∣so without cause.
• Temerius, more folyshe, or vnaduysedly,
• Temero, rare, to vyolate.
• Temetum, wyne.
• Temulentus, ta, tum, drunkes of wyne.
• Temulentia, drunkennes.
• Temno, tempsi, temnere, to sette lyttell by.
• Temo, monis, the beame, whiche contay∣neth the yoke.
• Tempe, a place in Thessalia wonderful ple∣saunt, hauynge trees and medowes mer∣uaylous delectable, wherin byrdes of dy∣uers kyndes, doo synge contynually with excellent melody. Therof al plesant wod∣des haue the name of Tempe.
• Temperamentum, a moderacion.
• Temperanter, temperately.
• Temperantia, temperance, which is a firme and moderate gouernance of reson against sensualitie and other vycyouse affections of the mynde.
• Temperantior, tēperantius, more temperate.
• Temperatura, a temperance or moderation, in the mynglynge of thynges togyther.
• Temperies, temperatenes, proprely in heate or colde▪ sometyme it is vsurped for tem∣peramentum, and for temperantia.
• Temperior, oris, more tymely.
• Tempero, are, to temper or moderate in or∣der or measure. Temperamus stylum, cala∣mum, appetitum, whan we keepe in cure wrytynge a meane fourme, or do eate noo more than is nedefull.
• Tempsa, a cytie in the countrey called now Calabria.
• Tempestas, tatis, sygnifyeth sometyme the same tyme, somtyme tempest, sommetyme wether, sometyme a fayre wether.
• Tempestiuus, ua, um, that whyche is done in conuenyent tyme.
• Tempestiuitas, tatis, season or tyme conue∣nient, oportunitie.
• Tempestiué, in season or tyme conuenient.
• Tempestū, olde writers vsed for tempestiuū.
• Tempestuosum, tempestuous or stormy.
• Templum, a temple or churche. sometyme it sygnifyeth heuen. Alsoo the principall beame of a house, also a sepulchre.
• Temporalis, le, that whiche duryth vntyll a certayne tyme.
• Temporaneus, a, um, that whyche is doone sodaynly, and at a tyme.
• Temporarie, temporanie, & temporaliter, vn∣tylle a tyme.
• Temporarius, ria, rium, that whiche dureth or contynueth for a tyme. also that whiche pertayneth to tyme.
• Temporius, an aduerbe sygnifieth in tyme, or by tyme.
• Tempus, poris, tyme, also the state of tyme. sometyme the temples of the heed.
• Tenatia, & tenacitas, hardenes in sparynge of expenses, nygardshyp, perseueraunce, retaynynge, or kepynge.
• Tenatior, & tenacissimus, the comparatiue and superlatiue degree of tenax.
• Tenacissimae memoriae,* 1.4 of mooste sure re∣membraunce. Tenaciter, fastly, surely.
• Tenasmus & tenesmus, a desyre to go often to the stoole, and may do nothynge, with a burnynge and sometyme a bloody siege.
• Tenax, nacis, that whiche holdeth faste, as glue. somtime sparyng or nygarde, to mo∣che constant, hard to be moued.
• Tendere, to assay, to holde vp. Paruum{que} pa∣tri tendebat Iulum, He helde vp lyttell Iu∣lus vnto his father. Also to prepare, to go towarde a place.
• Tendicula, a nette or snare to take byrdes or beastes.
• Tendo, tetendi, tendere, to extende or stret∣che, to lay a snare, to dwelle, to go. Tende∣re infidias, to lay in wayte.
• Tendutes, olde writers callyd them, whych had great teethe.
• Tenebrae, the lacke of lyght, darkenes.
• Tenebresco, scere, to be darke.
• Tenebricor, caris, cari, to make darke.
• Tenebricosus, a, um, that maketh darke.
• Tenebriones, lyers and crafty knaues. Also they whiche wyll not be seene abrode by day tyme.
• Tenebrosus, a, um, darke.
• Tenedos, an Ile in the see callyd Aegeum, betwene Mitelene and Hellespontum, not farre from Troye.
• Tenedia bipēnis aut securis, a quick or sharp axe: a prouerbe applyed to iudges, which be hasty and cruell in their sentences.
• Tenellus, a, um, tender.
• Teneo, nui, nuere, to holde, to apprehende, to possede, to holde or kepe in, to couer, to vnderstande, to kepe backe, to performe.
• Teneor, neris, neri, to be bounden, to be be∣holden to one.
• Tener, ra, rum, tender, mercyful. Also a gel∣dyd manne.
• Teneritas, & teneritudo, tendernes.
• Tenerasco, scere, to be tender or mercyfull.
• Tenere consilium, to do by councill Praecipe,* 1.5 ut teneat consilia nostra, Gyue hym aduyse that he may do by our counsayle.
• Tene, tene, tary, tary. Redi, quo iugis nunc? tene, tene, Tourne agayne, whither runn∣nest thou nowe? tary, tary.
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• * 1.6Tenère consensum, to agree or consent vn∣to other.
• Tenet me amor, loue meueth me moche.
• Tenère insaniam. Sed hoc primum expurgare tibi uolo, me insaniā ne{que} tenere, neque mi esse ullum morbum, nisi quod seruio, But fyrste I wyll declare my self vnto the, that I am neyther out of my wyt, nor haue any sycknes, but that I am bonde.
• * 1.7Tenère ius, to knowe the lawe,
• Tenère legem, to be vnder a lawe.
• Tenêre memoria, to remembre.
• Tenêre medium, to kepe a meane.
• Tenere modum, to kepe a measure.
• Tenere se, to take hede of hym selfe.
• Tenere aliquem mendarij, to take oone with a lye.
• Tene tibi, take it as thyne owne.
• Tenere causam, to vanquyshe or recouer a∣gaynste one in a matter.
• * 1.8Teneri desyderio, to desyre moch or feruētly
• Teneri ludo, to take pleasure in game.
• Tenerisur••i, to be giltie of felonye.
• Tenera aetas, youthe.
• Teneris annis, in yonge yeres.
• Tenere, & teneriter, tenderly, louyngly.
• Tenni, olde writers vsed for tenui.
• Tenitae, were callyd goddesses of lottes.
• Tenontes, the greate and stronge synewes, whiche do kepe the necke vpryght. Also a broode synewe, whyche gothe frome the hamme downe to the heele.
• Tenor, noris, an order, a contynuaunce of a thynge.
• Tenos, an yle in the greke see, one of them, whyche is callyd Cyclades.
• * 1.9Tenta, stretched.
• Tentamentum, temptation.
• Tentigo, tiginis, a styffenesse.
• Tentipellium, a showe with an yron soole, wheron the ouer lether is stretched.
• Tento, tare, to attempte, to assay or proue, to tempte one to do euyll.
• Tentorium, a tent or pauylyon.
• Tentum, a mans priuye membre.
• Tentyra, a citie in Egypte.
• Tentyri, uel tynteritae, a venymous beaste in an Ile on the ryuer of Nilus, whose voice the cokodryll doth feare.
• Tenué, & tenuiter, poorely, symply.
• Tenunculus, la, lum, very symple, or lyttelle in estimation.
• Tenui filo, with a small threde, applyed to style in wrytynge, whyche is not elegant, but playne.
• Tenuis, nue, lyttell or symple in estimation, smalle in quantitie, poore.
• Tenuitas, tatis, smallenesse, pouertie.
• Tenuo, are, to make smalle, to make leane, or feeble.
• Tenus, ni, a share. Beinge an aduerbe, hit sygnyfyeth vnto. Tenus urbem tendit, It extendeth vnto the cytie, or noo further than the cytie.
• Tenus, a preposition, sygnifieth nyghnesse, or vntyll a thynge.
• Tepifacio, cere, to make warme.
• Tepefio, fieri, to be warme.
• Tepeo, & tepesco, tepui, poscere, to be warm or hotte.
• Tepidarium, a vesselle, wherein water is made temperate, also a chaumber, where∣into men do go out of a bayne.
• Tepidus, tepida, tepidum, meane betweene hotte and colde, warme. Also kolyd from heate Somtyme noyfull or vnprofytable.
• Tephrites, a stoone, whyche hathe the fy∣gure of a newe moone, in colour blacke, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 asshe colour.
• Tepidior, colder.
• Tepidissimus, a, um, moste warme.
• Tepidulus, tepidula, tepidulum, a dymynu∣tyue of tepidus.
• Tepocon, a forme of wrytyng downwarde.
• Tepor, oris, & tepiditas, tatis, warmthe, or warmenesse.
• Ter, thryse.
• Terapne, a contray in Lacedemonia, where the fayre Helene was borne. also an Iland nowe callyd Corsica.
• Terebinthus, a tree, the wodde wherof is blacke and harde lyke boxe, oute of this tree rounneth a gumme, callyd common∣ly Turpentyne. All be it the common tur∣pentyne is not it, but an nother, whyche is as cleere as glasse, and is a soueraygne medycyne to clense the stomake of putry∣fyed humours.
• Ternarius, & ternus, terna, num, the thyrde in number.
• Tertius, tia, um, the thyrd. Tertio, & tertium, the thyrde tyme.
• Terdenus, na, num, the thyrdtenth.
• Terebellum, a wymble or percer.
• Terebratio, a borynge with a wymble.
• Terebrae, siue terebrum, an awgour, where∣with holes are boored.
• Terebro, brare, to bore or make an hole.
• Teredo, dinis, a lytel worm that eteth wod.
• Terentius, the mooste eloquente wryter of comedyes. Terentianus, of Terence.
• Terentum, a place in the fyelde by Rome, callyd Campus Martius, wherein was an aultar of Pluto and Proserpyne.
• Teres, teretis, longe and rounde, lyke a tree or a pyller. Teretrum, an instrument, wher¦with a thynge is made rounde.
• Terga dare, to run away, proprely in barasle.
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• Tergemini, three chylderne borne at oone bourdeyne. Tergestes, a citie in Italye.
• Terginus, na, num, that whiche is made of a beastes hyde.
• Tergiuersatio, a nonsuite in the lawe, whan the pleintife gyueth ouer his suite.
• Tergiuersor, aris, ari, to turne back, to deny, in the lawe it sygnifieth to be nonsuite.
• Tergo, & tergeo, tersi, tergere, to wype or make cleane.
• Tergum, the backe of man or beaste, or of any other thynge. sommetyme it sygnify∣eth a hyde.
• Tergus, tergoris, a hyde of a beaste.
• Terma, matis, the extremitie, the ende of a thinge, also the sole of the fote.
• Termentarium, a lynnen clothe, wherewith the body is couered.
• ...* 1.10Termentum, for detrimentum.
• Termes, a braunche plucked of a tree with the fruite on it. also a worme, whyche ea∣teth the fleshe.
• Termile, a mountayne in Lycia, callyd al∣so Chimaera.
• Ter milies, thre thousande tymes.
• Termillum, a potte for wyne, whyche was alway sette on the table, that euery manne mought take as moche wine as he wolde.
• Terminalia, was a certayne holy day, at the latter ende of the yere.
• Terminalis lapis, a mere stone, laid or pight at the ende of sondry mens landes.
• Termino, nare, to ende or fynyshe.
• Terminus, a sygne whiche declareth oone mans lande from an other, or one contrey or territorie from an other. also it signify∣eth the buttynge.
• Terminus deus, was an ydoll, whiche was supposed to haue preemynence ouer the boundes of lande, whose temple had euer an hole in the roufe, for as moche as they thought it to be vnlefulle that boundes of lande shulde be couered or hydde.
• Termo, onis, old wryters vsed for terminus.
• Ternarius numerus, the number of thre.
• Ternus, na, num, the thyrde.
• Ternundenum, the thyrtenthe.
• * 1.11Tero, triui, rere, to rubbe, to breke or broise.
• Terere iter, to go his way. Terere tempus, to cōsume tyme. Terere otiū, to lyue idelly.
• Terpander, dri, an olde musytian, whyche added .vii. strynges to the harpe.
• Terpfi••hore, one of the nyne musis.
• Terra, erthe: sometyme all the worlde, also a prouynce, a territorie, a countrey, land.
• Terraceus, a, um, of erthe.
• Terraneola, a byrde lyke to a larke, whiche we calle a huntynge.
• Terrefacio, facere, to make aferde.
• Terrae fillus, he that is come vp of nought, and no man knoweth his kynrede.
• Terraemorus, erthequake.
• Terrenum, a felde.
• Terrenus, na, num, of erthe, or lyuynge on erthe, erthely.
• Terreo, rui, rere, to make aferde.* 1.12
• Terrestris, tre, erthely.
• Terreus, rea, reum, of erthe. Vas terreum, an erthen vesselle.
• Terribilis, bile, terryble, that whyche is to be feared.
• Terricola, he that dwelleth in the lande.
• Terricrepus, he that rebuketh one terribly.
• Terriculamentū, a feare, or a fearfull thyng.
• Terrificus, ca, cum, terryble, or that whiche induceth feare.
• Terrigena, begotten on the erthe.* 1.13
• Terriones, ploughmenne.
• Terripauium, & terripudium, for tripudium, daunsynge.
• Territo, tare, to make aferde.
• Territorium, the fyeldes or countraye ly∣enge within the iurisdiction and boundes of a citie, a territorie.
• Terror, roris, feare.
• Tersus, sa, sum, cleane, pure.
• Tersus dies, of olde wryters was taken for a fayre daye.
• Tertiata uerba, wordes not perfytely pro∣nounced: as whan one is in feare or drede of hym, to whome he speaketh, he trem∣blynge in speche, vnethe pronounceth the thyrde worde that he wolde saye.
• Tertiarum, is a mixt mettall, wherin are two partes of leade, and one of tynne.
• Tertio, are, to do a thynge the thyrde tyme, or to make the thyrde tylth in earynge.
• Tertio Consul, where two haue bene Con∣sules before hym. Tertium Consul, he that hath ben thryse Consul. So that Tertio si∣gnifieth the third in order, and place, two goynge afore. Tertiū sygnifieth the tyme, where twyse gothe afore. The lyke is of Secundo, quarto, and other numbres.
• Tertio pedato,* 1.14 at the thyrde retourne or comynge agayne. Tertius, a, ū, the third.
• Tertius decimus, the thyrtenthe.
• Tertullianus, a famous and eloquent autor. whyche for dyspleasure and malyce felle into heresye.
• Teruncium, a poyse or coyn of thre ounces.
• Tesca,* 1.15 a place where misticalle ceremonies were exercysed.
• Tesqua, places harde or difficile to come vp to, where the Romaynes dyd practise their diuinatiōs by fleing of dirdis, callid auguria Tessellatus, ta, tum, that whiche is wrought with smal pieces of stone, wodde, or bone,

• as in playenge tables or counterbourdes.
• Tessella, a greffe.
• Tessera, that whiche is in euery part square as a dye. also it is a dye. more ouer a watch worde or priuie tokē gyuen to souldiours. Also a token of warre and peace, a token gyuen to people to receyue corne of the kinges almes. Also a taile, wheron is sco∣red or marked the numbre of thynges re∣ceyued, whiche is also called Tesserula.
• Tesseradecas, fouretene.
• Tesserarius, he that giueth the watcheword
• Tesserulae, lyttell pauynge tyles.
• Tesso, tessi, tessere, to dispoyle or pulle of a garment or harncis by vyolence.
• Testa, a sharde of a potte or tyle. also an er∣then pot. also all maner of shellfyshe.
• Testaceus, a, um, that whiche hath a shelle.
• ...Testeus, idem.
• Testaceam flagellum, a prouerbe applyed to sodayn alteration of thinges, or of banish∣ment vnlooked for.
• Testamentatius, a forger of testamentes.
• Testamentarius, ria, ium, pertaynynge to te∣stamentes.
• Testamentum, a testament.
• Testaum, in pieces or shardes.
• Testatio, & testimonium, wytnesse.
• Testator, toris, he that maketh a testament.
• Testatus, he that is deed, and hathe made a wyll also openly knowen of all men.
• Testiculor, cularis, lari, to putte the male to the female. Testillor, idem.
• Testiculus, of a knowen sygnification.
• Testificatio, a wytnesse bearynge.
• Testificator, & testificatrix, he or she that be∣reth wytnesse.
• Testificor, caris, cari, to beare wytnesse.
• Testimonium, & testatio, wytnesse borne of a ioynge done.
• Testis, he that beareth wytnes.
• Testes, be also a mannes genitours.
• Testor, aris, ari, to beare wytnes, to calle to wytnes,* 1.16 to pray god.
• Testu, olde wryters vsed for testa.
• Testuaceum, that whiche is boyled in an er∣then potte.
• Testudinatum tectum, a roufe, which is ho∣lowe in foure partes.
• Testudo, dinis, a snayle. Also an engyne of warre to beate downe walles, whiche was made of bourdes, and couerid with lether or other thinges, which wold not bourne. within it was a piece of tymber, that had a great hoke of yron at the ende, whyche piece mought be plucked backe, and putte forthe with the strength of men, and ther∣with plucke stoones oute of the walles of townes besyeged, It is alsoo the roufe or vaulte of a howse.
• Testus, tus, is a panne, wherin tartes, and o∣ther lyke thynges of paste are baken.
• ...Tetanicus morbus, idem quod Tetanos.
• Tetanothra, a medycine, wherwith the face of a man or woman is made smothe with∣out wrynkles.
• Tetanos, whan the synnes are slyffe, so that a man can nat bowe some part of his body
• Tetarmorton, the fourth part of the zodi∣ake cirkle, wherin are the .xii. signes. It is also that, whiche astronomers do calle the quadrate aspecte of planettes.
• Te te, thy selfe.
• Teter, tetra, tetrum, foule, stynkyng, cruell.
• Teterrimus, a, um, moste foule or stynkyng, or cruelle.
• Teterrimé, moste abhomynably.* 1.17
• Tethys, the wife of Neptunus, callid god∣desse of the see.
• ...Tetinierit, for tenuerit.
• ... Tetinus, for tenus. * 1.18
• Tettigoniae, lyttell grassehoppes.
• Tettigometrae, the mother of grasshoppes.
• Tetracinus, a coyne, whyche was in value foure dragmas, or olde poyse grootes, of viii. to an ounce.
• Tetracolon, a sentence hauyng .iiii. mēbres.
• Tetradoron, of foure handdbreth.
• Tetragonus, a, um, a thynge hauynge foure corners.
• Tetragrammaton, the name of god, whych the Iewes do call Ineffabile, that is to say, vnspeakable.
• Tetragrammaton, in greeke, sygnifyeth of foure letters.
• Tetrametrum, a kynde of metre, hauynge but foure fete.
• Tetrarcha, the rule of the fourthe parte of a royalme.
• Tetrasyllabum, of foure syllables, as, Im pe ra tor.
• Tetré, sharpely, cruelly, wyckedly.
• Tetrices, water, wherwith gardeynes are wateryd.
• Tetricus, a sowre felowe, & alway vnplesant.
• Tetrinno, are, to swymme lyke a ducke.
• Tetritudo, crueltie or sharpenes.
• Tetrius, more sharpe or cruell.
• Tetro, trare, to make fowle, to pollute, to make bytter.
• ...Tetulit, for tulit.
• Teucer, & Teuerus, the name of a kynge of Troianes. also of the sonne of Telamone the valyant Greke.
• Teucer, Teucra, crum, idem quod Troianus. of Troye.
• Teumesus, a lyttell hylle in Boeotia.
• Teumesus leo, a Lyon, whyche Hercules

• dydde slee, whan he was a chylde, and of his skynne made hym a cote.
• Teurion, the herbe whiche is also callydde Tripolium.
• Teuta, a quene of Illiria, which lyued euer chaste, and vanquyshed many noble capi∣taynes, and diuers hostes of the Romains
• Teurates, was in olde time amc̄g the french men taken for Mercurius.
• Teuthania, a piece of the coūtrey of Troy.
• Teutones, people nowe callyd Almayns.
• * 1.19Texo, texui, texere, to weaue or wind threde, Also to make to builde, to write, to gather, to ornate.
• Texta, an hearelace, wherwith the heare is bounden vppe.
• Textilis, le, that which is weaued or woundē
• Textim, an aduerbe, sygnifieng in weauing or wyndynge vp.
• Textor, toris, & textrix, tricis, he or she that weaueth or wyndeth.
• Textrina, & textrinum, the place where thin¦ges be weaued or wounden. also the craft of weauynge.
• Textrix, & textricula, a woman, whiche war∣keth in a frame or stole.
• Textura, the weauynge.
• Textus, & textum, the texte.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Plaut. in milite.
• * 1.2

  F••st. pom.
• * 1.3

  Varro.
• * 1.4

  Colum. 1.
• * 1.5

  Plautus in milite.
• * 1.6

  Plinius in p••negyri. Terent. in H••cyra. Plautus in cap.
• * 1.7

  Plautus in Amphit & Epidico. Terent. in Adelph. Plautus in mereatore Plautus in truculen. In Mere••. Sueton in domi••ian••
• * 1.8

  Plin. epist. ••3.
• * 1.9

  Lucretius.
• * 1.10

  Plaut. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Pom.
• * 1.11

  ••ide com.
• * 1.12

  Vide com.
• * 1.13

  Varro de ling. latin.
• * 1.14

  Cato.
• * 1.15

  Varro.
• * 1.16

  Cōtestor. Protestor Varro.
• * 1.17

  Fest. Po••.
• * 1.18

  Fest. Pom.
• * 1.19

  Vide com.