Meaning of ensifer | Babel Free
[ˈẽː.sɪ.fɛr]Definitions
with a sword, wearing a sword, sword-bearing (especially as an epithet of Orion)
adjective, declension-1, declension-2
Equivalents
Examples
“ēnsifer Ōrīōn aequore mersus erit”
sword-bearing Orion will be plunged into the sea (The apparent setting of Orion (constellation) beneath an ocean horizon.)
“1835. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Carolus Hermannus Weise) book 1, line 663 (3.61)”
Does the sword-bearing side of Orion gleam too much?
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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