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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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Uterpe, prop. n. [L. Euterpe, f. the Gk.] attrib. Of or by Euterpe, one of the nine Muses, who presided over music. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 275/3.
Than they began with schiller toons of joy A Uterpe sang; his fame suruiueth death
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