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Meaning of gallī cantus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[ˈɡal.liː ˈkan.tʊs]

Definitions

  1. crow of the cockerel
    declension-4
  2. cockcrow (the time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light)
    Late-Latin, declension-4, metonymically

Equivalents

Bosanski зора
Čeština kuropění
Deutsch Hahnenschrei
English cockcrow
Suomi kukonlaulu
Hrvatski зора
Latina gallicinium
Македонски зора
Српски зора

Examples

“vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat: sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane)”

Therefore keep watch (for you do not know when the master of the house will come: whether late, in the middle of the night, at cockcrow, or in the morning).

CEFR level

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