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jortus [? cf. W. iort = diligent + -us adjectival suffix] , diligent. V. ALMA LII (1994–5) pp. 281–5. nomine, tuque piger, recto vocitaris Iorvet [recte Iorvert], pervertens †iornum [sic MS; ? l. iortum] falso sintagmate verum [“and you, ‘sluggard’, are called by a right name ‘Iorvert’, perverting [the word] ‘iort’ [‘diligent’] with the [in your case] false composition ‘true’] Altercatio 55.

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