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pestis

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

Englishdeath destruction Pestilenceplague ruin Scourge

Españolpestilencia

Françaispeste pestilence

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Българскимор

Bosanskilues pest zaraza

Catalàpestilència

Češtinamor

Danskpest

DeutschPest Seuche

Ελληνικάεπιδημία λοιμός πανδημία

Esperantopesto

Suomikulkutauti rutto

Gaeilgeaicíd plá

Gàidhligplàigh

עבריתמגפה

हिन्दीमहामारी

Hrvatskilues pest zaraza

Italianopestilenza

日本語疫病

ქართულიჭირი

Kurdîmor pest peştepesto

Latinaluēs

Македонскимор морија чума

Polskizaraza

Portuguêspeste

Românăciumă pestilență

Русскиймор чума

Српскиlues pest zaraza

Svenskafarsot pest

Türkçesalgın

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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