Meaning of cubitum | Babel Free
[ˈkʊ.bɪ.tũː]Definitions
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elbow declension-2, neuter
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cubit (measure) declension-2, neuter
- Equivalent to 'cubit': The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
Equivalents
العربية
ذراع
Bosanski
аршин
Čeština
loket
Dansk
alen
Deutsch
Elle
Ελληνικά
πήχης
Esperanto
ulno
Español
codo
Eesti
küünar
فارسی
ارش
Suomi
kyynärä
Français
coudée
Galego
ulna
עברית
אֻמָּה
Hrvatski
аршин
Magyar
sing
Հայերեն
կանգուն
Latina
cubitus
Te Reo Māori
tuke
Bahasa Melayu
hasta
မြန်မာဘာသာ
တောင်
Nederlands
el
Português
côvado
Русский
локоть
Српски
аршин
Svenska
aln
తెలుగు
మూర
Tagalog
siko
Examples
“Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,”
Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed …. (Fratantuono and Smith [2022], pg. 916: “The only elbow in Virgil: another graphic detail as the poet continues his emphasis on the physical.”)
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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