"amplexus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Rhymes: -ɛksəs Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin amplexus (“embrace”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|la|amplexus||embrace}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin amplexus (“embrace”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} amplexus (uncountable)
  1. (zoology) A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: amplection//amplexion, amplexation Translations (pseudocopulation in which a male grasps a female with his front legs): amplexo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-amplexus-en-noun-V8CklFFT Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 7 5 4 3 5 17 17 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 7 3 3 2 3 20 20 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'pseudocopulation in which a male grasps a female with his front legs': 95 5
  2. (botany) In vernation, the situation where two sides of one leaf overlap the two sides of the one above it. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-amplexus-en-noun-HaCX2m0s Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: amplect, amplection, amplexion, amplex, amplexation, amplexus reservatus

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [amˈpɫɛk.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [amˈplɛk.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From amplector + -tus (forming action nouns). Etymology templates: {{af|la|amplector|-tus|id2=action noun|pos2=forming action nouns}} amplector + -tus (forming action nouns) Head templates: {{la-noun|amplexus<4>}} amplexus m (genitive amplexūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|amplexus<4>}} Forms: amplexūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], amplexus [nominative, singular], amplexūs [nominative, plural], amplexūs [genitive, singular], amplexuum [genitive, plural], amplexuī [dative, singular], amplexibus [dative, plural], amplexum [accusative, singular], amplexūs [accusative, plural], amplexū [ablative, singular], amplexibus [ablative, plural], amplexus [singular, vocative], amplexūs [plural, vocative]
  1. clasp, embrace Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-noun-HKH3NfCF Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 15 23 13 19 7 7 8 8
  2. a loving embrace, caress (mostly in the plural) Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-noun-bvoEw4zT Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun) Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 15 23 13 19 7 7 8 8 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 8 10 6 10 24 24 9 9
  3. coil Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-noun-H-dSMdN2 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 15 23 13 19 7 7 8 8
  4. circumference Tags: declension-4, masculine
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-noun-LUDUe-D2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 4 10 29 29 7 7 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 15 23 13 19 7 7 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

IPA: [amˈpɫɛk.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [amˈplɛk.sus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perfect active participle of amplector (“surround; grasp”). Head templates: {{la-part|amplexus}} amplexus (feminine amplexa, neuter amplexum); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|amplexus}} Forms: amplexa [feminine], amplexum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], amplexus [masculine, nominative, singular], amplexa [feminine, nominative, singular], amplexum [neuter, nominative, singular], amplexī [masculine, nominative, plural], amplexae [feminine, nominative, plural], amplexa [neuter, nominative, plural], amplexī [genitive, masculine, singular], amplexae [feminine, genitive, singular], amplexī [genitive, neuter, singular], amplexōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], amplexārum [feminine, genitive, plural], amplexōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], amplexō [dative, masculine, singular], amplexae [dative, feminine, singular], amplexō [dative, neuter, singular], amplexīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], amplexum [accusative, masculine, singular], amplexam [accusative, feminine, singular], amplexum [accusative, neuter, singular], amplexōs [accusative, masculine, plural], amplexās [accusative, feminine, plural], amplexa [accusative, neuter, plural], amplexō [ablative, masculine, singular], amplexā [ablative, feminine, singular], amplexō [ablative, neuter, singular], amplexīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], amplexe [masculine, singular, vocative], amplexa [feminine, singular, vocative], amplexum [neuter, singular, vocative], amplexī [masculine, plural, vocative], amplexae [feminine, plural, vocative], amplexa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. having surrounded, encircled, entwined Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: amplector (extra: surround; grasp)
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-verb-vGDKdmPg Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 4 10 29 29 7 7 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 8 10 6 10 24 24 9 9
  2. having embraced, clasped, grasped Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: amplector (extra: surround; grasp)
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-verb-A5a2znYV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 7 4 10 29 29 7 7 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun): 8 10 6 10 24 24 9 9
  3. having esteemed Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: amplector (extra: surround; grasp)
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-verb-afJtwH77
  4. having cherished Tags: active, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, perfect Form of: amplector (extra: surround; grasp)
    Sense id: en-amplexus-la-verb-U9OTddi2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amplexū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amplexibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amplexus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amplexūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "amplexus<4>"
      },
      "expansion": "amplexus m (genitive amplexūs); fourth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "amplexus<4>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clasp, embrace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clasp",
          "clasp"
        ],
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It had been the habit of one of your serving-women, [daughter] of Cadmus, often to go under the embraces of your husband.\n(The daughter of Cadmus is Ino (mythology).)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.553–554",
          "roman": "saepe sub amplexūs coniugis īre tuī.",
          "text": "ūna ministrārum solita est, Cadmēī, tuārum",
          "translation": "It had been the habit of one of your serving-women, [daughter] of Cadmus, often to go under the embraces of your husband.\n(The daughter of Cadmus is Ino (mythology).)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a loving embrace, caress (mostly in the plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loving",
          "loving"
        ],
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ],
        [
          "caress",
          "caress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "coil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coil",
          "coil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "circumference"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumference",
          "circumference"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[amˈpɫɛk.sʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[amˈplɛk.sus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amplexus"
}

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