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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
    declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect
  2. taken out, used up, depleted, pillaged, emptied out, having been used up
    declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect
  3. taken away, removed, cleared off, having been taken away
    declension-1, declension-2, figuratively, form-of, participle, passive, perfect
  4. carried through, brought to an end, accomplished, fulfilled, exhausted, endured; having been carried…etc.
    declension-1, declension-2, figuratively, form-of, participle, passive, perfect

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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