Meaning of instauro | Babel Free
[ĩːˈstau̯.roː]Definitions
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to set up, erect, make conjugation-1
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to repeat, start, or perform anew or afresh; renew (after a period of disuse), resume conjugation-1
Equivalents
English
repeat
Examples
“… īnstauratque diem dōnīs, pecudumque reclūsīs”
And [Dido] repeats [the ritual] with [divine] offerings [each] day. And poring over the still-throbbing entrails within the just-opened breasts of [sacrificial] animals, she takes counsel [therein]. (Dido — acting as a haruspex — keeps re-enacting the extispicium as if there had been an error, a practice known as instauratio.)
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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