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Meaning of aduncus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B1
[aˈdʊŋ.kʊs]

Definitions

hooked, bent, curved

adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“sī quaeritis astra tunc oritur magnī praepes adunca Iovis.”

If you all are looking for stars, from then on rises the swift hooked [bird] of mighty Jupiter. (See: Aquila (constellation); Jupiter (mythology); Eagle: a bird of prey with a large hooked beak.)

CEFR level

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