lusis

Updated: May 2, 2025

Asher substitutes for Lusis Wasit, a place near the Tigris. Hartwig Hirschfeld's account of a Fragment of a Work by Judah Al-harizi, being a description of a pilgrimage through Mesopotamia with a view to visit Ezra's grave. Layard writes as follows: "We stopped at the so-called tomb of the prophet Ezra, about twenty-five miles from the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates, at Korna.

of Tudela Benjamin - The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

Dénouement itself cannot be plausibly Anglicized, and no native word has as yet, by common consent, been accepted as its equivalent. I sometimes wish we could adopt, and print without italics, the excellent and expressive Greek word "lusis"; but I cannot, on my own responsibility, attempt so daring an innovation.

William Archer - Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship