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Meaning of depalmo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

to strike with the open hand, to box on the ear; to slap.

conjugation-1

Examples

“c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae XXI.XII:Translation Eum servus sequebatur ferens crumenam plenam assium; ut quemque depalmaverat, numerari statim secundum Duodecim Tabulas quinque et viginti asses iubebat. 1927 translation by John C. Rolfe”

A slave followed him with a purse full of asses; as often as he had buffeted anyone, he ordered twenty-five asses to be counted out at once, according to the provision of the Twelve Tables.

CEFR level

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