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Significatio vocis pestis | Babel Free

Nomen femininum CEFR B1

[ˈpɛs.tɪs]

Definitiones

disease, plague, pestilence, infection
declension-3, feminine
a pest
declension-3, feminine
destruction, ruin, death
declension-3, feminine

Aequivalentia

Български мор

Bosanski lues pest zaraza

Català pestilència

Čeština mor

Dansk pest

Deutsch Pest Seuche

Ελληνικά επιδημία λοιμός πανδημία

English death destruction Pestilence plague ruin Scourge

Esperanto pesto

Español pestilencia

Suomi kulkutauti rutto

Français peste pestilence

Gaeilge aicíd plá

Gàidhlig plàigh

עברית מגפה

हिन्दी महामारी

Hrvatski lues pest zaraza

Italiano pestilenza

日本語疫病

ქართული ჭირი

Kurdî mor mor pest pest peşte pesto

Latina luēs

Македонски мор морија чума

Polski zaraza

Português peste

Română ciumă pestilență

Русский мор чума

Српски lues pest zaraza

Svenska farsot pest

Türkçe salgın

Exempla

“Quam simul ac tālī persēnsit peste tenērī ….”

And as soon as [Juno] sensed that [Dido was now] gripped by such a plague [of passion] …. (Erotic passion here is likened to a deadly disease.)

“Ēripite hanc pestem perniciemque mihi!”

And rid me from this pernicious plague!

Gradus CEFR

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

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Vide etiam

pestium petala petali petalis petalo petalorum

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