See -aster on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "-astrīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astram",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-astra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-aster",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-astra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-astrae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-astra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-aster/-astr",
"title": "first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)"
},
"expansion": "-aster (feminine -astra, neuter -astrum); first/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-aster/-astr",
"title": "First/second-declension suffix (nominative masculine singular in -er)."
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
"Latin adjectives",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin first and second declension adjectives",
"Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin noun-forming suffixes",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "pater (“father”) + -aster → patraster (“father-in-law, step-father”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"suffix of nouns or adjectives, expressing half, partial, or incomplete resemblance to the root word meaning; hence in some cases may be pejorative."
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"declension-2",
"morpheme",
"suffix"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈas.ter/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäs̠t̪ɛr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈas.ter/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäst̪er]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-astrum"
}
],
"word": "-aster"
}
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: -aster/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"-aster"
],
"section": "Latin",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-aster",
"trace": ""
}
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