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Meaning of supino | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[sʊˈpiː.noː]

Definitions

  1. to bend, turn or lay backwards
    conjugation-1
  2. to place, put, or throw a person or thing on its back
    conjugation-1

Examples

“agit toto cedentem feruidus aruo praecipitatque retro iuuenem atque in terga supinat, dentibus horrendum stridens, geminatque rotatas”

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“Est admiration conveniens ille gestus, quo manus modice supinata ac per singulos a minimo collecta digitos redeunte flexu simul explicatur atque convertitur.”

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“Hīs animaduersīs terram multō ante mementō excoquere et magnōs scrobibus concīdere montīs, ante supīnātās Aquilōnī ostendere glaebās”

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“Nullum tormentum sentit supinata testudo, inquieta est tamendesiderio naturalis status nec ante desinit niti, quatere se, quam in pedesconstitit.”

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“Nec ille, ut primum humi supinatus est, vel repugnare vel omnino munire se potuit, sed plane identidem comminabatur, si surrexisset, sese concisurum eum machaera sua frustatim.”

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CEFR level

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

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