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Meaning of crepusculum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
[krɛˈpʊs.kʊ.ɫũː]

Definitions

  1. twilight, dusk
    declension-2, neuter
  2. darkness
    declension-2, neuter
  3. doubtful
    declension-2, neuter
  4. Equivalent to 'Twilight': The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s...

Equivalents

English Dusk Sunset Twilight

Examples

“Secundum hoc dicitur crepusculum a crepero: id vocabulum sumpserunt a Sabinis, unde veniunt Crepusci nominati Amiterno, qui eo tempore erant nati, ut Lucii prima luce in Reatino; crepusculum significat dubium; ab eo res dictae dubiae creperae, quod crepusculum dies etiam nunc sit an iam nox multis dubium.”

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CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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