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Meaning of exhaustus | Babel Free

Verb feminine CEFR B2
[ɛkˈsau̯s.tʊs]

Definitions

  1. drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied, depleted, having been exhausted
  2. taken out, used up, depleted, pillaged, emptied out, having been used up
  3. taken away, removed, cleared off, having been taken away
  4. carried through, brought to an end, accomplished, fulfilled, exhausted, endured; having been carriedetc.

Examples

““… Heu, quibus ille / iactātus fātīs! Quae bella exhausta canēbat!” “Alas! By what destinies that [man] has been assailed! He told of having endured such wars!” (Translations vary – Knight, 1956: “horrors of war, endured to the bitterest end”; Mandelbaum, 1971: “what trying wars he lived to tell”; West, 1990: “what a bitter cup of war he has had to drain”; Lombardo, 2005: “the wars he painted, fought to the bitter end”; Fagles, 2006: “what a bitter bowl of war he’s drunk to the dregs”; Ahl, 2007: “what wearying wars”.)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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