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Meaning of marītus | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[maˈriː.tʊs]

Definitions

  1. husband, married man
    declension-2
  2. lover, suitor
    declension-2, poetic
  3. male
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

““Ēsto: aegram nūllī quondam flexēre marītī,”

“Granted, in your grief, not one of those prior [would-be] husbands prevailed upon you — none from Libya, nor before then in Tyre; ….” (Anna notably uses the term “mariti” — not “proci” — to describe the men that Dido has rejected as prospective alliances.)

CEFR level

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