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Meaning of Ætna | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Archaic spelling of Etna.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

ZARA reſembles Ætna crown’d with Snows; // Without ſhe freezes, and within ſhe glows; // Twice ere the Sun deſcends, with Zeal inspir’d, // From the vain Converſe of the World retir’d, // She reads the Pſalms and Chapters for the Day // In Cleopatra, or the laſt new Play.”
Zeus, by means of his neverceasing thunderbolts, at length overcame Typhoeus, and cast him into Tartarus, or, according to later writers (Pindar and Virgil), buried him beneath Mount Ætna in Sicily, whence at times he still breathes out fire and flames towards heaven.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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