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Meaning of Prōserpina | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[proːˈsɛr.pɪ.na]

Definitions

  1. Proserpina or Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter; wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her to Hades to be queen of the Underworld; equivalent to Greek Persephone, goddess of the seasons and spring vegetation; conflated with earlier Italic Roman deity Libera
    Roman, declension-1
  2. the Underworld
    declension-1, poetic

CEFR level

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

Proserpinae Proserpinam prōsicium prōsiliō prosocer prosoceri

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