Significatio vocis radius | Babel Free
[ˈra.di.ʊs]Definitiones
- a staff, rod
- a spoke of a wheel
- a rod for measurement
- the radius of a circle; a rotating radial arm
- a shuttle
- a bolt or shaft
- the spur of a bird's leg
- the tail-spine of a stingray
- the radius (the outer bone of a forearm)
- a ray of light (also reflected)
- a ray extending from the eye to the object seen
- the name of an elongated variety of olive
- the name of a rod with which geometers make figures in dust, also known as a virga
Exempla
““… ubi prīmōs crāstinus ortus”
“… when at tomorrow’s early dawn the Titan [Sun] will have risen, and with [his] rays revealed the world.”
“At pater Hēliadum radiōs ubi tīnxerit undīs”
But when the father of the Heliades shall have dipped his rays in the waves …. (The father is the sun god; see: Heliades.)
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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