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Meaning of talis | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
[ˈtaː.lɪs]

Definitions

  1. such
    declension-3, two-termination
  2. so or such a distinguished, great, excellent, or important
    declension-3, two-termination

Equivalents

English Such

Examples

“… tālibus adgreditur Venerem Sāturnia dictīs: ….”

[... Juno, daughter of] Saturn, approaches Venus with such an offer: ….

“tālis ... quālis”

just like

“Quam tū urbem, soror, hanc cernēs, quae surgere rēgna / coniugiō tālī!”

“What [about] your city, [my] sister — this you will see! — what a realm [will] arise from such a distinguished union!” (Anna endorses Dido’s prospective marriage to Aeneas as advantageous for Carthage and its queen.)

CEFR level

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