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Meaning of contus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

Definitions

long pole; pike

declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English Pike

Examples

“Praefixa contīs capita gestābantur inter signa cohortium iū̆xtā aquilam legiōnis...”

Heads attached to the points of pikes were being carried about next to the [heralidic] eagle of the legion...

CEFR level

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

contusio contusione contusionem contusiones contusioni contusionibus

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