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Meaning of tenebrio | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]

Definitions

  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler
    declension-3
  2. 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.
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