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sportulae

sportulae is the plural of sportula.

Meaning of sportula

Noun

sportula (plural sportulae)

  1. (archaic) A gift or prize, especially ones given by rich Romans.
    • To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theatres, to run for the sportula.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Questions about sportulae

What is sportulae the plural of?
Sportulae is the plural of sportula.

Words near sportulae in the dictionary

  1. sportswriter
  2. sportswriters
  3. sportswriting
  4. sportsy
  5. sportula
  6. sportulae
  7. sportulary
  8. sportule
  9. sportules
  10. sportwear
  11. sportweight

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