Meaning of nenia | Babel Free
[ˈneː.ni.a]Definitions
- a funeral song, dirge
- a spell, incantation, enchantment
- a song of little consequence, ditty, tune, lullaby
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talk of little consequence, trifles, nonsense declension-1, in-plural
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a complaint, criticism Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1
Equivalents
Examples
“POĒTA / Ioculāre tibi vidētur et sānē levī, / Dum nihil habēmus maius, calamō lūdimus, / Sed dīligenter intuēre hās nēniās / Quantam sub titulīs ūtilitātem reperiēs!”
Poet. / It may seem to you that it's just jests and trifles when I don't have anything better to do and play with the pen: but look at these trifles diligently; you will find so much usefulness under this pretext!
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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