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Meaning of Sīlānus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[siːˈɫaː.nʊs]

Definitions

  1. a jet or stream of water (or some other liquid) arching through the air, such as one issued from a fountain
    declension-2, poetic
  2. a Roman nomen gentile, "family name" famously held by:
    declension-2
  3. Marcus Junius Silanus, praetor 212 BC
    declension-2
  4. Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago)
    declension-2
  5. Marcus Junius Silanus, consul 109 BC
    declension-2
  6. Decimus Junius Silanus, consul in 63 BC.
    declension-2
  7. Marcus Junius Silanus, legate of Julius Caesar, consul 25 BC.
    declension-2

Equivalents

Čeština chrlič
Deutsch Wasserspeier
English Gargoyle
Esperanto gargojlo
Español gárgola
Suomi gargoili noita
Français gargouille
Galego gárgola
日本語 ガーゴイル
Қазақша гаргуйль
한국어 가고일
Nederlands waterspuwer
Português gárgula
Română gargui
Svenska vattenutkastare
Türkçe çörten

Examples

“c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6.1260”
“c. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De medicina 3.15”
“c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De verborum significatione 352”

CEFR level

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

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