Meaning of pulvis | Babel Free
[ˈpʊɫ.wɪs]Definitions
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dust, powder, ashes declension-3, feminine, masculine, sometimes
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an arena, place of contest declension-3, feminine, figuratively, masculine, sometimes
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toil, effort, labor declension-3, feminine, masculine, sometimes
Equivalents
English
powder
Examples
“‘mittite mē in Tiberim, Tiberīnīs vectus ut undīs”
“Release [my body] into the Tiber [River], so that, carried by the waves of the Tiber, I may go as lifeless dust to the Inachian shore.”
“pulvis es et in pulverem revertēris.”
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (King James ver.)
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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