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Meaning of pistrinum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. mill
    declension-2
  2. bakery
    declension-2
  3. drudgery, oppressive labor
    declension-2, figuratively

Equivalents

English Bakery Drudgery mill

Examples

“SĪMŌ: … verberibus caesum tē in pistrīnum, Dāve, dēdam usque ad necem, / eā lēge atque ōmine ut, sī tē inde exēmerim, ego prō tē molam!”

SIMO: … after you’ve been sliced with the whips, Davus, I'll consign you to hard labor at the mill, and all the way until death — with this condition and omen: that if ever I take you out of there, I will grind in your place!

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pistris pistrīx Pistyrus pisum Pitaium Pitanaeus

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