"Nepa" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... observat, Iovis Cum capra aut nepa aut exoritur lumen aliquod beluae. Quod est ante pedes, nemo ...
— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen
... bad and looked worse, and yet it takes but a little while to restore all. The houses are quickly rebuilt; a bamboo roof is made, it is lifted to the desired height on poles set in or upon the ground. The walls are weavings of bamboo or are plaited nepa. The nepa is a variety of bamboo grown near shallow sea water. When one of these rude dwellings is completed, it is ready for an ordinary family. They do not use a single article that we consider essential to housekeeping. ...
— An Ohio Woman in the Philippines • Emily Bronson Conger |
