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Meaning of rota Fortunae | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˌɹəʊtə ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːni

Definitions

Synonym of Wheel of Fortune (“the mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable”).

Equivalents

Français Rota Fortunae

Examples

“As a medievalist Ignatius believed in the rota Fortunae, or wheel of fortune, a central concept in De Consolatione Philosophiae, the philosophical work which had laid foundation for medieval thought. […] Was his wheel rapidly spinning downward?”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

rotablation rotablator rotable rotacism rotalic rotaliid

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