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helvus

Adiectivum femininum CEFR B1
[ˈhɛɫ.wʊs]

Definitiones

  1. dun, yellow dun
  2. Equivalent to 'honey-colored': having the color of honey; golden

Aequivalentia

Españolpardo
FrançaisDun
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Exempla

“qui gregem armentorum emere vult, observare debet primum, ut sint eae pecudes aetate potius ad fructos ferendos integrae quam iam expartae; ut sint bene conpositae, … colore potissimum nigro⟳, deinde robeo, tertio⟳ helvo, quarto albo⟳: mollissimus enim hic, ut durissimus primus. de mediis duobus prior quam posterior in eo prior, utrique plures quam nigri et albi.”

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“Sunt et Helvolae, quās nōn nūllī variās appellant, neque purpureae neque nigrae, ab helvō, nisi fallor, colōre vocitātae.”

There are also the Helvolae [grapes], which some call variae. They are neither purple nor black; the name, if I'm not wrong, is from the color "dun".

Gradus CEFR

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