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Meaning of bestia | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈbeːs.ti.a]

Definitions

  1. a beast
  2. A Roman cognomenfamously held by
  3. A Roman cognomenfamously held by:
  4. Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, a Roman tribune

Equivalents

Examples

“Leō fortissimus bēstiārum ad nūllīus pavēbit occursum.”

A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.)

CEFR level

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