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Significatio vocis aculeus | Babel Free

Nomen masculinum CEFR B1

[aˈkʊ.ɫe.ʊs]

Definitiones

sting, stinger (of an insect)
declension-2, masculine
sting (metaphorical)
declension-2, masculine
spine, thorn
declension-2, masculine

Aequivalentia

English Spine sting Stinger Thorn

Exempla

“iam dudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus, / quid illi negoti fuerit ante aedis meas”

Already does this sting pierce my breast--what business he could have before my house?― The Comedies of Plautus. Henry Thomas Riley. London. G. Bell and Sons. 1912. Perseus

Gradus CEFR

Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.

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Vide etiam

aculis aculos acum acumen acumina acūminārius

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