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Meaning of rupes | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈruː.peːs]

Definitions

  1. cliff, rock
    declension-3
  2. Equivalent to 'rock': A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often)...

Equivalents

English Cliff rock
Kurdî rock

Examples

“hīc portūs aliī effodiunt; hīc alta theātrīs fundāmenta locant aliī, immānīsque columnās”

Here some [workers] are excavating a harbor; there others lay deep foundations for theaters, and they are quarrying huge columns from the cliffs, lofty ornaments for future stages.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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