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Meaning of Proserpina | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə

Definitions

  1. The goddess of springtime, queen of the underworld and the wife of Pluto; the Roman equivalent of Persephone.
  2. 26 Proserpina, a main-belt asteroid.
  3. A fictitious planet beyond Pluto.

Equivalents

Português Proserpina

Examples

“Thou art more than the Gods who number the days of our temporal breath; / For these give labour and slumber; but thou, Proserpina, death.”

CEFR level

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