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Meaning of Oenus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈoe̯.nuːs]

Definitions

The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina

declension-3

Examples

“Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.”

Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.

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

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