Meaning of ager | Babel Free
[ˈa.ɡɛr]Definitions
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field, acre declension-2, masculine
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land, estate, park declension-2, masculine
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territory declension-2, masculine
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country, countryside declension-2, masculine, plural, plural-only
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terrain declension-2, masculine
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soil declension-2, masculine
Examples
“Quod superest, quaecumque premēs virgulta per agrōs, Sparge fimō pinguī et multa memor occule terrā, […] .”
Translation by James B. Greenough For the rest, whate’er / The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon / Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth / Take heed to hide them, […] .
“Itaque exspecto Thessalonicae acta Kal. Sext., ex quibus statuam in tuosne agros confugiam, ut neque videam homines quos nolim et te, ut scribis, videam et propius sim si quid agatur, idque intellexi cum tibi tum Quinto fratri placere, an abeam Cyzicum.”
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“Ager Romanus”
The roman land possessions
“Ager peregrinus”
foreign lands, territory
“[…] ūna ex parte flūmine Rhēnō lātissimō atque altissimō, quī agrum Helvētium ā Germānīs dīvidit; […] .”
[…] on one side by the very wide and very deep Rhine River, which separates the Helvetian territory from the Germans; […] .
“Vastati agri sunt, urbs adsiduis exhausta funeribus; multae et clarae lugubres domus.”
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CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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