Meaning of pollinctor | Babel Free
[pɔlˈliːŋk.tɔr]Definitions
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an undertaker: a person who prepares corpses for funerals declension-3
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a burier declension-3
Examples
“Dum levis arsura struitur Libitina papyro, Dum murram et casias flebilis uxor emit, Iam scrobe, iam lecto, iam pollinctore parato”
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“Pollinctores dicti sunt qui funera morientia accurant; unde et Plautus in Menecmi comoedia ait: 'Sicut pollinctor dixit qui eum pollinxerat'. Pollinctores dicti sunt quasi pollutorum unctores, id est cadauerum curatores, unde et Apuleius in Ermagora ait: 'Pollincto eius funere domuitionem paramus'.”
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“Enimvero ille sordidior est atque deformior cadavere rogali, quod facibus admotis semicombustum moxque sidente strue torrium devolutum reddere pyrae iam fastidiosus pollinctor exhorret.”
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“533 CE, Iustinianus, Digest 14.3.5”
“Et circuibunt peragrantes terram : cumque viderint os hominis, statuent juxta illud titulum, donec sepeliant illud pollinctores in valle multitudinis”
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CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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