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Meaning of pons asinorum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A method for finding the middle term of a syllogism in Aristotlean analytics.
  2. An obstacle which will defeat a beginner or foolish person.
  3. A proposition in Euclid stating that the angles at the base of an isoceles triangle are equal.

Equivalents

Suomi aasinsilta

Examples

“[H]e had scarce advanced beyond the Pons Asinorum, when his ardour abated, the test of truth by demonstration did not elevate him to those transports of joy with which his preceptor had regaled his expectation; and before he arrived at the fortieth and seventh proposition, he began to yawn drearily […].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pons Varolii Ponsanooth Ponsford Ponsonby Ponsonby Rule Pont

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