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Meaning of querulus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[ˈkʷɛ.rʊ.ɫʊs]

Definitions

  1. complaining, querulous
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic
  2. uttering a soft, plaintive sound, murmuring, whimpering, cooing, chirping, etc.
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Ελληνικά μεμψίμοιρος
English Querulous
Suomi ruikuttava
Galego queixoso
日本語 短気
Русский ворчливый

Examples

“Quaerit et inventis miser abstinet ac timet uti, Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti”

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“quique per autumnum percussis frigore primo est color in foliis, quae noua laesit hiems, is mea membra tenet, nec uiribus alleuor ullis,”

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“Refugeram in Tuscos, ut omnia ad arbitrium meum facerem. At hoc ne in Tuscis quidem: tam multis undique rusticorum libellis et tam querulis inquietor, quos aliquanto magis invitus quam meos lego; nam et meos invitus.”

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“inde ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora et cantu querulae rumpent arbusta cicadae, ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna iubebo […]”

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“[…] Addita de querulo volucrum medicamina nido Ore fugant maculas (alcyonea vocant); […]”

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“Nam neque sicca placet, nec quae stagnata palude”

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CEFR level

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

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