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| | List of Latin Phrases Encyclopedia, Definition, History, Biography |
 | | The phrase was said by Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher, right before the battle of Drepana, as he threw overboard the sacred chickens which had refused to eat the grain offered them — an unwelcome omen of bad luck. | | | "Behold the man!" — in the Latin translation of the Gospel of John these words are spoken by Pilate as he presents Jesus crowned with thorns to the crowd. | | | On the other hand, if it is in the form of an incomplete sentence or does not contain some practical truth, then it is probably a phrase. |
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