Significatio vocis sibi | Babel Free
[ˈsɪ.biː]Definitiones
dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular/plural of suī (“to himself; to herself; to itself; to themselves”)
dative, feminine, form-of, masculine, neuter, plural, singular
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“sibī̆ placērī”
to be pleased with oneself
“Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.”
That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
“Phrygium ut nemus citato cupide pede tetigit, adiitque opaca siluis redimita loca deae, stimulatus ibi furenti rabie, uagus animis, deuolsit ili acuto sibi pondera silice, itaque ut relicta sensit sibi membra sine uiro, etiam recente terrae sola sanguine maculans, niueis citata cepit manibus leue typanum [...]”
Attis, when eagerly with speedy foot ey reached the Phrygian woodland, and entered the goddess' abodes, shadowy, forest-crowned; there, goaded by raging madness, bewildered in mind, ey cast down from em with sharp flint-stone the burden of eir member. So when ey felt eir limbs to have lost their manhood, still with fresh blood dabbling the face of the ground, swiftly with snowy bands ey seized the light timbrel …
Gradus CEFR
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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