Meaning of scortillum | Babel Free
[skɔrˈtɪl.lũː]Definitions
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little whore (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed prostitute) declension-2, neuter
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little slut (a young, small, inexperienced, cute, or unesteemed sexually active woman) declension-2, neuter
Equivalents
English
Whore
Examples
“scortillum, ut mihi tum repente vīsum est […]”
A little whore, as it then immediately seemed to me, […]
“1719, William Musgrave, Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae..., Vol. I, Cap. XII, § I”
The first [statue] displays Venus. So exceptional and so renowned was the body of Venus, which presumably commended her to Cinyras, the Cyprian’s king, whose little Whore she was...
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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