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Analemmata
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analemma
1650s, from L. analemma "the pedestal of a sundial," hence the sundial itself, from Gk. analemma "prop, support," from analambanein "to receive, take up, restore," from ana- "up" + lambanein "to take," from PIE base *(s)lagw- "to seize, take" (cf. Skt. labhate, rabhate "seizes;" O.E. læccan "to
EXPANDseize, grasp;" Gk. lazomai "I take, grasp;" O.C.S. leca "to catch, snare;" Lith. lobis "possession, riches").
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