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51CC12 Negative Result, Bad Result
51CC19 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility
51CC19 :46A633 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility❧ debate, discussion (~ meeting)
51CC19 :52E3 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility❧ Counsel; 'Consiglio' (Ripa)
51CC19 :54A6 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility❧ Helpfulness
51CC19 :56D1 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility❧ Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa)
51CC19 :57B1 No Result, Lack of Result, Inefficacy, Futility❧ Praise, Approbation, Approval; 'Lode' (Ripa)
51CC1 :33B14 Effect, Result❧ threatening behaviour, challenging
51D1 Order, Arrangement, Organization
51D4 Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa)
51D4 :31AA2237 Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa)❧ buttocks, 'partes posteriores' - AA - female human figure
51DD1 Disorder, Confusion, Derangement, Disorganization, Chaos
51DD11 :21D Contamination❧ water (one of the four elements)
51DD2 Disharmony, Irregularity
51E1 Independence, Autonomy
51E11 Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)
51E11 :31B6235 Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)❧ speaking
51E11 :53A11 Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)❧ Choice; 'Elettione' (Ripa)
51E11 :56BB1 Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)❧ Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa)
51E1 :53B2 Independence, Autonomy❧ Decisiveness, Decision
51E2 :23T23 Superiority❧ classical antiquity (historical epoch)
51E2 :41C7113 Superiority❧ kinds of wine
51E2 :46B472 Superiority❧ loss (~ commerce)
51E2 :46C215(ANCHOR) Superiority❧ parts of ship's exterior: anchor
51E2 :47I13 Superiority❧ cultivation ~ agriculture
51E2 :49G1 Superiority❧ physician, doctor
51E2 :52A51 Superiority❧ Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa)
51E2 :53C11 Superiority❧ Authority, Power; 'Dominio', 'Giurisdittione' (Ripa)
51E2 :54A31 Superiority❧ Experience, Mastery; 'Esperienza' (Ripa)
51E2 :54A33 Superiority❧ Skill, Ability; 'Artificio', 'Prontezza' (Ripa)
51E2 :55B1 Superiority❧ Wealth, Opulence; 'Opulenza', 'Richezza' (Ripa)
51E2 :56D1 Superiority❧ Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa)
51E2 :92 Superiority❧ gods ~ classical mythology
51E2 :92D4 Superiority❧ (story of the) Muses; 'Muse' (Ripa)
51E3 Conformity; 'Temperamento delle cose terrene con le celesti' (Ripa)
51EE11 Restriction, Limitation
51EE11 :51E11 Restriction, Limitation❧ Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)
51EE11 :56F231 Restriction, Limitation❧ Fidelity in Friendship; 'Confermatione dell'Amicitia', 'Fede nell'Amicitia' (Ripa)
51EE11 :57A25 Restriction, Limitation❧ Responsibility, Liability
51EE2 :3 Inferiority❧ Human Being, Man in General
51EE2 :41C69 Inferiority❧ meat; still life of meat
51F2 :24 Continuity❧ the heavens (celestial bodies)
51F2 :47E11 Continuity❧ home production
51F2 :48C755 Continuity❧ vocal music, singing
51F2 :54A1 Continuity❧ Activity
51F2 :56D1 Continuity❧ Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa)
51F3 Priority, Pre-eminence
51F3 :46B471 Priority, Pre-eminence❧ profit (~ commerce)
51F3 :58B2 Priority, Pre-eminence❧ Life
51F3 :91E7 Priority, Pre-eminence❧ Deucalion's flood; Jupiter sends a great flood to destroy mankind; Deucalion and Pyrrha afloat
51F4 :54FF11 Simultaneity❧ Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)
51F5 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)
51F51 :41D2 Newness❧ clothes, costume
51F51 :41D231 Newness❧ trousers, breeches
51F51 :41D427(+0) Newness❧ accessories and implements ~ laundering, e.g. clothes-peg, drying frame, (empty) washing line (+ variant)
51F51 :46A12 Newness❧ nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood
51F51 :56F23 Newness❧ Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa)
51F521 :22C4(GREY) :31A22621 Precocity❧ colours, pigments, and paints (GREY)❧ hair
51F521 :31E Precocity❧ death of human being
51F521 :52A51 Precocity❧ Wisdom; 'Sapienza', 'Sapienza humana', 'Sapienza vera' (Ripa)
51F521 :56DD1 Precocity❧ Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timidità o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa)
51F52 :31E Earliness❧ death of human being
51F52 :31E142 Earliness❧ death of a child
51F5 :23D43 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa)
51F5 :26F1 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ good weather
51F5 :45A1 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ war
51F5 :46A633 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ debate, discussion (~ meeting)
51F5 :49C4 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ discussion, dialogue, dispute ~ scholar, philosopher
51F5 :51A1 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ Existence
51F5 :54B6 Beginning; 'Principio' (Ripa)❧ Worth, Value
51F7 Regularity of Recurrence
51FF3 :47I14 Posteriority❧ harvest
51FF3 :57A4 Posteriority❧ Shame
51FF51 :46C21 Oldness❧ ships (in general)
51FF51 :52E2 Oldness❧ Prediction, Prophecy; 'Augurio', 'Divinatione', 'Profetia' (Ripa)
51FF51 :56F23 Oldness❧ Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa)
51FF51 :61E(TYRUS) Oldness❧ names of cities and villages (TYRUS)
51FF52 :44G3 Lateness❧ criminal law; punishment
51FF52 :46C514 Lateness❧ arrival and return ~ travelling
51FF52 :52C4 Lateness❧ Understanding, Comprehension; 'Apprehensiva' (Ripa)
51FF52 :54A6 Lateness❧ Helpfulness
51FF52 :55A12 Lateness❧ Reward, 'Praemium'; 'Premio', 'Remuneratione' (Ripa)
51FF52 :55CC1 Lateness❧ Saving, Frugality, Parsimony; 'Parsimonia' (Ripa)
51FF52 :56D1 Lateness❧ Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa)
51FF5 :26F2 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ bad weather
51FF5 :49D32 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ line (~ planimetry, geometry)
51FF5 :51D4 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ Beauty; 'Bellezza' (Ripa)
51FF5 :52D41 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ Trifles, 'Nugae'
51FF5 :54B6 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ Worth, Value
51FF5 :56F23 End; 'Fine' (Ripa)❧ Friendship; 'Amicitia' (Ripa)
51G1 Largeness, Magnitude
51G1 :25H17 Largeness, Magnitude❧ meadow, pasture
51G1 :25H213 Largeness, Magnitude❧ river
51G1 :31A Largeness, Magnitude❧ the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
51G1 :41C321 Largeness, Magnitude❧ cup
51G1 :47I2131(+9332) Largeness, Magnitude❧ ram (+ antlers; horn)
51G1 :51BB2 Largeness, Magnitude❧ Dissimilarity, Unlikeness
51G1 :51GG1 Largeness, Magnitude❧ Littleness, Smallness
51G1 :54F14 Largeness, Magnitude❧ Advantage
51G1 :54FF11 Largeness, Magnitude❧ Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)
51G4(+0) :31B Hardness (+ variant)❧ mind, spirit
51G4 :31A2262(+923) Hardness❧ skin (human) (+ defending oneself)
51G5 :57A6 Visibility❧ Virtuousness; 'Amor di Virtù', 'Attione virtuosa', 'Guida sicura de' veri honori', 'Virtù', 'Virtù insuperabile' (Ripa)
51G6 :47C621 Smoothness❧ shaping in a mould (industrial process)
51GG1 Littleness, Smallness
51GG1 :25D24 Littleness, Smallness❧ clay (soil type)
51GG1 :25H212 Littleness, Smallness❧ brook
51GG1 :41A761 Littleness, Smallness❧ bed
51GG1 :41C661 Littleness, Smallness❧ salt
51GG1 :41D268 Littleness, Smallness❧ bag
51GG1 :51BB2 Littleness, Smallness❧ Dissimilarity, Unlikeness
51GG1 :54F11 Littleness, Smallness❧ Welfare, Prosperity; 'Felicità publica', 'Prosperità della vita', 'Salute' (Ripa)
51GG1 :55C2 Littleness, Smallness❧ Giving
51GG1 :56D1 Littleness, Smallness❧ Hope; 'Speranza', 'Speranza delle fatiche' (Ripa)
51GG2 Lightness; 'Leggierezza' (Ripa)
51GG2 :45C22 Lightness; 'Leggierezza' (Ripa)❧ armour
51GG2 :49K321 Lightness; 'Leggierezza' (Ripa)❧ word
51GG3 Fragility; 'Fragilità' (Ripa)
51GG4(+0) Softness (matter) (+ variant)
51GG4 :51G4 Softness (matter)❧ Hardness
51H1 :51HH1 Totality, the Whole❧ Part, Section, Aspect
51H3 :33A5 Multitude❧ friends
51H3 :42G Multitude❧ family, relationship, descent
51H3 :45D311 Multitude❧ commander-in-chief, general, marshal
51H3 :54C12 Multitude❧ Purpose, Aim
51H3 :54D1 Multitude❧ Preparation
51H3 :54FF11 Multitude❧ Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio' (Ripa)
51H3 :55B Multitude❧ Possession
51H3 :56F1 Multitude❧ Desire; 'Desiderio' (Ripa)
51H42 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)
51H421 :41C5 Excess❧ celebration meal, feast, banquet
51H42 :31A2265 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ nerves
51H42 :33C8 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ amorousness, desire
51H42 :41C5 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ celebration meal, feast, banquet
51H42 :47I14 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ harvest
51H42 :54BB2 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Unnecessity, Superfluity
51H42 :54E4 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Defence
51H42 :54EE4 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Attack
51H42 :55A12 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Reward, 'Praemium'; 'Premio', 'Remuneratione' (Ripa)
51H42 :56B2 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Happiness, Felicity
51H42 :56BB22 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Misery; 'Miseria mondana' (Ripa)
51H42 :56D32 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Commitment
51H42 :56F2 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa)
51H42 :57AA644 Abundance; 'Abondanza', 'Abondanza maritima' (Ripa)❧ Arrogance; 'Arroganza' (Ripa)
51H4 :25H18 Plenitude❧ cultivated land
51H4 :31D82 Plenitude❧ the individual and his name
51H4 :33A5 Plenitude❧ friends
51H4 :33B1 Plenitude❧ quarrel, argument
51H4 :46B4711 Plenitude❧ interest (~ commerce)
51H4 :51BB2 Plenitude❧ Dissimilarity, Unlikeness
51H4 :52A5 Plenitude❧ Knowledge; 'Cognitione', 'Cognitione delle cose' (Ripa)
51H4 :52AA1 Plenitude❧ Stupidity, Poverty of Intellect; 'Stupidità overo Stolidità' (Ripa)
51H4 :54A33 Plenitude❧ Skill, Ability; 'Artificio', 'Prontezza' (Ripa)
51H4 :59A2 Plenitude❧ Refinement, Taste
51H5 :31A2255 Growth, Increase❧ foot
51H5 :51M11 :46B4711 Growth, Increase❧ Swiftness, Speed; 'Agilità', 'Celerità', 'Velocità' (Ripa)❧ interest (~ commerce)
51H5 :54A7 Growth, Increase❧ Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generosità dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtù del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa)
51H5 :54DD4 Growth, Increase❧ Difficulty
51H5 :56E2 Growth, Increase❧ Rage, Anger
51H5 :56F2 Growth, Increase❧ (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa)
51HH1 Part, Section, Aspect
51HH11 :23 Divisibility❧ time
51HH1 :44G41(+55) Part, Section, Aspect❧ litigation, legal proceedings, lawsuit (+ verdict)
51HH1 :51B3 Part, Section, Aspect❧ Parity, Equality
51HH1 :51H1 Part, Section, Aspect❧ Totality, the Whole
51HH2 Particularity, Individuality
51HH41 :41C111 Insufficiency❧ giving food
51HH41 :53C11 Insufficiency❧ Authority, Power; 'Dominio', 'Giurisdittione' (Ripa)
51HH41 :53D2 Insufficiency❧ Promise; 'Promissione' (Ripa)
51HH5 :56F11 Decrease❧ Ambition; 'Ambitione', 'Amor di Fama' (Ripa)
51I1 Limited, Defined Space
51I2 :41A773 Fullness❧ container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase
51I2 :51GG2 Fullness❧ Lightness; 'Leggierezza' (Ripa)
51I4(+0) Nearness (+ variant)
51I5 Middle; 'Mezo' (Ripa)
51II1 :51A4 Unlimited Space❧ Presence
51II2 :25F3(+91) Emptiness, Void❧ birds (+ egg)
51II2 :41A2 Emptiness, Void❧ interior of the house
51II2 :41A775 Emptiness, Void❧ wooden container: barrel, cask
51II2 :41D267 Emptiness, Void❧ purse, money-bag
51II2 :51G2 Emptiness, Void❧ Heaviness
51II2 :52A41 Emptiness, Void❧ Idea, Concept; 'Idea' (Ripa)
51II4(+0) Farness (+ variant)
51II4 :25H18 Farness❧ cultivated land
51II4 :47G2 Farness❧ laying the foundations; trench
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