Meaning of Pleias | Babel Free
[ˈpɫeː.i.as]Definitions
- a Pleiad, one of the Seven Sisters
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the Pleiades (constellation) declension-3, in-plural
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a storm, rain declension-3, poetic
Equivalents
Examples
“Nec superum rector mala tanta Phoronidos ultra ferre potest natumque vocat, quem lucida partu Pleias enixa est letoque det imperat Argum.”
Now the king of the gods can no longer stand Phoronis’s great sufferings, and he calls his son, born of the shining Pleiad, and orders him to kill Argus.
“Modo saeva quierunt aequora. Sic portus fugeret ratis, aspera si te Plias in adversae tenuisset litore Thraces.”
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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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