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Meaning of gloria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈɡɫoː.ri.a]

Definitions

glory, renown, fame, honor

declension-1

Equivalents

English glory

Examples

“Quod sī ea mihi māximē impendēret, tamen hōc animō fuī semper: ut invidiam virtūte partam glōriam, nōn invidiam putārem.”

But even if that [matter] were a great threat to me, nevertheless I have always been of this disposition: that I would consider the unpopularity acquired through virtue [to be] honor, not unpopularity.

“[…] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]”

[…] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]

CEFR level

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

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