Meaning of armentum | Babel Free
[arˈmɛn.tũː]Definitions
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a draft animal (a large domestic animal suitable for drawing a plow: an ox, a horse) declension-2, neuter
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synonym of armenta: such animals taken collectively declension-2, neuter
Equivalents
Examples
“1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Res Rustica, Book VI, Preface, Sect. 3”
And so it is that iumenta and armenta draw their names from the fact that they aid our work either by bringing up burdens or by plowing.
“Aliī nōn Diānae, sed Apollinī Nomiō cōnsecrātum carmen hoc volunt, quō tempore Admētī rēgis pāvit armenta.”
Others want this poem consecrated not to Diana, but to Apollo the Pasturer, when he tended to the draft animals of king Admetus.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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