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Meaning of aphye | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈa.pʰy.eː]

Definitions

small fry of fish, in particular, the anchovy

declension-1

Examples

“vitium huius est allex atque inperfecta nec colata faex. coepit tamen et privatim ex inutili pisciculo minimoque confici. apuam nostri, aphyen Graeci vocant, quoniam is pisciculus e pluvia nascatur.”

Translation by W. H. S. Jones Allex is sediment of garum, the dregs, neither whole nor strained. It has, however, also begun to be made separately from a tiny fish, otherwise of no use. The Romans call it apua, the Greeks aphye, because this tiny fish is bred out of rain.

CEFR level

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

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