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da Vinci
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What does da Vinci mean?
noun
- A person with extraordinary qualities.
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Leonardo da Vinci; an Italian polymath.
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Leonardo da Vinci might have known the art of flying in the air, and might even have practiced it.
With the end of his experiments the work of da Vinci in relation to flying became neglected for nearly four centuries.
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Da Vinci would not have turned from the poor coarse hand of the little girl who has been standing by in wondering patience.
Almost two thousand years later another famous citizen of Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, was independently to think out similar conclusions from like observations.
Leonardo da Vinci had been invited to carve a statue out of it, but he had refused to try, saying he could do nothing with it.