Significatio vocis iūmentum | Babel Free
[juːˈmɛn.tũː]Definitiones
- A draft animal, a beast of burden, a large domestic animal suitable for drawing carts and carriages: a cow, horse, mule, or donkey.
- synonym of iūmenta: such animals taken collectively.
- A vehicle drawn by such animals: a wagon, a carriage, a cart.
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mare, female horse (Lex Salica) Late-Latin, declension-2
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Res Rustica, Book VI, Preface, Sect. 3”
And so it is that iumenta and armenta draw their names from the fact that they aid our work either by bringing up burdens or by plowing.
Gradus CEFR
B2
Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
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