Meaning of cortina | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cauldron, kettle
   declension-1
2. curtain
   Late-Latin, declension-1
3. bit of enclosed land (for various purposes)
   Late-Latin, declension-1
4. the sacred tripod of Apollo (in the form of a cauldron)
   declension-1

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Examples

“vix ea fatus eram tremere omnia visa repente liminaque laurusque dei totusque moveri mons circum et mugire adytis cortina reclusis”

I had scarcely uttered these words when suddenly everything seemed to shake—the holy thresholds, the god's laurel tree—and the entire mountain stirred, and as the temple's inner sanctum was revealed the sacred tripod bellowed.

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