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PALINDROME (Gr. 7raXty, again, and Spbµos, a course) , a verse orSee also: sentence which runs the same when read either backwards or forwards
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Such is the verse
See also: Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor;
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Signa te, signa, temere me tangis et angis;
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vii,(iov k voµ,7µare µi7 µovav o>liw
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Some have refined upon the palindrome, and composed verses each word of which is the same read backwards as forwards: for instance, that of See also: Camden
See also: Odo tenet mulum, madidam mappam tenet Anna,
Anna tenet mappam madidam, mulum tenet Odo
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