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[W Brewer]

Sic semper tyrannus 'Thus always a tyrant'. (<-us> nominative singular).
JJJRL:  << from Julius Caesar:  Cross the Rubicon, the die is cast, Et tu
Brute
and from Brutus: Sic Semper Tyrannus >>
WB:  <Sic semper tyrannis> 'thus always to tyrants'.  (<-is> dative plural).
With (phonemically significant macrons): <Sīc semper tyrannīs!>.

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