Meaning of tenebrio | Babel Free
[tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]Definitions
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One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler declension-3
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mealworm (Tenebriō mólitor) New-Latin, declension-3
Equivalents
العربية
غبشة
English
darkling beetle
Español
tenebriónido
Français
ténébrionide
Italiano
tenebrionide
Nederlands
zwartlijf
Русский
чернотелка
Examples
“huc venit fugiens tenebrione(m) tirrium”
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“saltem infernus tenebr(i)o, κακός δαίμων, atque habeat homines sollicitos, quod eum peius formidant quam fullo ululam.”
at least a devilish trickster, an evil spirit, and let him keep men disturbed, because they fear him more than the fuller fears the screechowl
“Nebulones et tenebriones dicti sunt, qui mendaciis et astutiis suis nebulam quandam et tenebras obiciebant aut quibus ad fugam et furta haec erant accomodata et utilia.”
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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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