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Meaning of flagellum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[fɫaˈɡɛl.lũː]

Definitions

  1. whip, lash, scourge
    declension-2, neuter
  2. whip for driving animals (riding horses, cattle etc.)
    declension-2, neuter
  3. tentacle
    declension-2, neuter
  4. young branch, shoot
    declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

English lash Scourge shoot Tentacle whip

Examples

“[…] nē lāneum latusculum manūsque mollicellās inusta turpiter tibī flagella cōnscribillent […]”

[…] so that your soft side and your tender hands burning lashes may not shamefully scribble on […]

“[…] utque sub aequoribus dēprēnsum pōlypus hostem”

[…] and how under the seas the polyp holds fast the captured enemy with tentacles dispatched from every side.

“Crās amōrum cōpulātrīx inter umbrās arborum”

Tomorrow the binder of loves amongst the shades of trees weaves green cottages from myrtle branches.

CEFR level

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

flagitatio flagitator flagiti flagitia flagitii flagitiis

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