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Meaning of Ias | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A2
[ˈi.as]

Definitions

Ionic Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek)

Late-Latin, declension-3, feminine, singular

Equivalents

English Ionic Greek
Français ionien

Examples

“Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene. iuxta has igitur quinque linguas et Latina verba conprehensa colliguntur hoc modo. Ias relictis propriis utitur similibus quasi propriis nominibus ac versatur in omnibus tropis.”

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“In ‛ne’ autem desinentia, quae sunt Iadis linguae, patronymica eiusdem generis i longam habent paenultimam, si principale non habuerit eandem i vocalem, ut ‛Adrestos Adrestīne’, ‛Nereus Nerīne’. si autem principale habuerit i, o producta ante ‛ne’ invenitur, ut ‛Acrisios Acrisiōne’, ex quo possessivum posuit V i r g i l i u s : A c r i s i o n e i s D a n a e f u n d a s s e c o l o n i s , ab Acrisione, id est Danae. et sciendum, quod inveniuntur multa eiusdem formae gentilia, ut ‛Haemonis’, ‛Thessalis’, ‛Colchis’, ‛Argolis’, ‛Cyclas’, ‛Ias’, ‛Troas’, alia vero propria, ut ‛Bacchis’, ‛Doris’, ‛Pythias’.”

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CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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