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Meaning of sublestus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[sʊbˈɫɛs.tʊs]

Definitions

weak, feeble or making weak; (by extension) shaky, empty, light, worthless

adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“Tua istaec potestas est, pater. Verum tamen, quamquam res nostrae sunt, pater, pauperculae, modice et modeste meliust vitam vivere; nam ad paupertatem si admigrant infamiae,”

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“Multi more isto atque exemplo vivont, quos cum censeas esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,”

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“Sublesta antiqui dicebant infirma et tenuia. Plautus in Persa: "paupertatem[…]fides sublestior." id est, infirmior. Idem in Nervolaria vinum ait "sublestissimum", quia infirmos faciat vel corpore vel animo.”
“SVBLESTVM est leve, frivolum. Plautus: nam ubi ad paupertatem accessit iam infamia,”

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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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