Meaning of hamaxostichus | Babel Free
[ha.makˈsɔs.tɪ.kʰʊs]Definitions
a train
New-Latin, declension-2, masculine
Examples
“Die II mensis Novembris ad oppidum Duranka, haud procul ab urbe Lycopoli (Asyut vel Assiut) in Superiore Aegypto positum, hamaxostichus, benzini exceptoria vehens, exorbitavit, quod via ferrata, magnis pluviis mollita, consederat.”
On the second of November, in the town of Duranka, not far from the city of Lycopolis (Asyut or Assiut) in Upper Egypt, a train carrying a tanker of gasoline derailed because the iron tracks, softened by heavy rains, had subsided.
“nonne hamaxostichus Birminghamiensis advenit?”
Did the Birmingham train not arrive?
“dum loquitur ululatu machinae vectoriae iuxta crepidinem instructae sublato hamaxostichus movebatur.”
A Bear by the Name of Paddington
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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