Meaning of virgultum | Babel Free
Definitions
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bushes, thicket, copse, shrubbery, brambles declension-2, neuter, plural, plural-only
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slips, sets or cuttings; plants declension-2, neuter, plural, plural-only
Equivalents
Examples
“Ibi modico praesidio relicto egressus omnibus copiis partem militum locis circa densa virgulta obscuris subsidere in insidiis iussit; […]”
He then left a small body of men, came out of the camp with all the remainder and ordered some of them to put themselves in hiding, by the shadows dense thickets offered nearby; […]
“Quod superest, quaecumque premes virgulta per agros, Sparge fimo pingui et multa memor occule terra, Aut lapidem bibulum aut squalentis infode conchas; Inter enim labentur aquae tenuisque subibit Halitus atque animos tollent sata; iamque reperti, Qui saxo super atque ingentis pondere testae Urgerent; hoc effusos munimen ad imbris,”
Translation by James B. Greenough For the rest, whate'er The sets thou plantest in thy fields, thereon Strew refuse rich, and with abundant earth Take heed to hide them, and dig in withal Rough shells or porous stone, for therebetween Will water trickle and fine vapour creep, And so the plants their drooping spirits raise. Aye, and there have been, who with weight of stone Or heavy potsherd press them from above; This serves for shield in pelting showers, and this When the hot dog-star chaps the fields with drought.
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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