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Meaning of cunae | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈkuː.nae̯]

Definitions

  1. cradle
    declension-1, plural, usually
  2. nest of young birds
    declension-1, metonymically, plural, usually
  3. birth or early childhood, infancy; compare cūnābulum
    declension-1, metonymically, plural, usually

Equivalents

English Cradle crib swing

Examples

“8, Ovid, Fasti, book 6, line 167”

After that, it is said, the birds did not violate the cradle, and to the boy returned his former color.:

“after 8, Ovid, Tristia, book 3, elegy 12, line 10”

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“8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 3, line 313”

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“8, Ovid, Metamorphoses, book 9, line 67”

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CEFR level

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

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