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Meaning of calumnior | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[kaˈɫʊm.ni.ɔr]

Definitions

  1. to depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate, blame unjustly, blackmail
    conjugation-1, deponent
  2. to contrive tricks, intrigue
    conjugation-1, deponent
  3. to accuse falsely, bring false information against someone
    conjugation-1, deponent
  4. to practise legal chicanery, trickery, or subterfuge
    conjugation-1, deponent

Equivalents

Deutsch verleumden
English Calumniate
Esperanto kalumnii
Español calumniar
Suomi mustamaalata
Français calomnier
Magyar rágalmaz
Italiano calunniare
日本語 中傷する
Português caluniar
Русский оклевета́ть

Examples

“Manlius paraphrases Plutarch, who says the following about Medios of Larissa: ἐκέλευεν οὖν θαρροῦντας ἅπτεσθαι καὶ δάκνειν ταῖς διαβολαῖς, διδάσκων ὅτι, κἂν θεραπεύσῃ τὸ ἕλκος ὁ δεδηγμένος, ἡ οὐλὴ μένει τῆς διαβολῆς. He [Medios] urged people to boldly hold fast and sink in their teeth with their slanders, teaching that even if the bitten may heal the wound, the scar of the slanders remains. – Plut. Adulator, page 17r (c. 100 AD)”

CEFR level

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