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Meaning of Balventius | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[baɫˈwɛn.ti.ʊs]

Definitions

  1. A Roman nomen gentilicium, gens or "family name" is known chiefly from a person by
  2. A Roman nomen gentilicium, gens or "family name" is known chiefly from a person by:
  3. Titus Balventius, a Primus pilus in the command of Quintus Titurius Sabinus in Gaul.

Examples

“Tum Tito Balventio, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, viro forti et magnae auctoritatis, utrumque femur tragula traicitur;”

At length, each thigh of T. Balventius, who the year before had been chief centurion, a brave man and one of great authority, is pierced with a javelin;

CEFR level

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