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[ˈkɔ.ɫʊs]Definitiones
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distaff: a tool used in spinning fiber, such as wool declension-2, declension-4
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spinning, spun thread declension-2, declension-4
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“Pallade plācāta lānam mollīre puellae”
Once Pallas's favor has been won: Let the girls learn [how] to soften wool, and [how] to unload their full distaffs. (‘‘Pallas’’ was an epithet for the patron of handicraft, the Greek goddess Athena, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. See distaff and spinning.)
Gradus CEFR
B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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