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Meaning of carbasus | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. linen, cambric, canvas
    declension-2, feminine
  2. sail, awning, curtain
    declension-2, feminine

Equivalents

English cotton

Examples

“… vocat iam carbasus aurās, / puppibus et laetī nautae imposuēre corōnās.”

“… already their canvas invites the winds, and the merry sailors have strung garlands on their ships.” (A poetic singular “carbasus” represents the fabric of all Trojan sails ready to leave Carthage.)

CEFR level

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

carbatina carbatinae carbatinam carbatinarum carbatinas carbatinis

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