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Meaning of fretum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈfrɛ.tũː]

Definitions

  1. strait, sound, estuary, channel.
    declension-2, neuter
  2. the strait of Sicily
    declension-2, neuter
  3. Sicily
    declension-2, neuter
  4. the seas.
    declension-2, neuter
  5. turmoil
    declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

English Strait

Examples

“Venerisne ad fretum per Mauretaniam?”

Did you come to the strait via Mauritania?

“Relinquebatur, ut ex longuinquioribus regionibus Galliae Picenique et a freto naves essent expectandae.”

All that was left him was to wait for the arrival of ships from the remoter areas of Gaul and Picenum, and from Sicily.

“Et freta destituent nūdōs in lītore piscēs.”

And the seas shall leave their fish bare on the shore.

CEFR level

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