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Nomen CEFR B2

[saŋ.ɡʷiːˈsuː.ɡa]

Definitiones

a leech
declension-1
a vampire, an undead being which harms people and is implied to consume blood
declension-1

Aequivalentia

English Leech Vampire

Exempla

“sanguī̆sūgae duae sunt fīliae dīcentēs adfer adfer The horseleech hath two daughters that say: Bring, bring. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)”

“nec terrorem [alt.: territi] iuuenes, quos ira stimulabat, exanimo ⟳ corpore retulerunt [alt.: vulnus exanimi corpori intulerunt]: ex quo tantus continuò sanguis effluxit, vt intelligeretur sanguisuga fuisse multorum.”

Gradus CEFR

B2

Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.

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Vide etiam

sanguisugae sanguisugam sanguisugarum sanguisugas sanguisugis sanie

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