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Meaning of Eleusis | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ɛˈɫɛu̯.siːs]

Definitions

An ancient city of Attica, famous for its mysteries of Demeter and Persephone

declension-3

Examples

“sed contra Eleusina clara Salamis.”

Opposite Eleusis is the famous island of Salamis

“Pisistratus Atheniensis, cum excepisset Megarensium classem, qua illi ad Eleusin noctu applicuerant, ut operatas Cereris sacro feminas Atheniensium raperent”

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CEFR level

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

See also

Eleusium Eleutherna Eleutherodactylus bisignatus Eleutherodactylus bromeliaceus Eleutherodactylus luteolus Eleutherus

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