See byssus on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā, “byssus”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek βῠ́σσος (bŭ́ssos, “flax; flax cotton”), from a Semitic source cognate to Hebrew בּוּץ (būṣ, “byssus”) and Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā, “byssus”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "byssī",
"links": [
[
"byssī",
"byssi"
]
],
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "byssus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "byssī",
"links": [
[
"byssī",
"byssi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "byssī",
"links": [
[
"byssī",
"byssi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "byssōrum",
"links": [
[
"byssōrum",
"byssorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "byssō",
"links": [
[
"byssō",
"bysso#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "byssīs",
"links": [
[
"byssīs",
"byssis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "byssum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "byssōs",
"links": [
[
"byssōs",
"byssos#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "byssō",
"links": [
[
"byssō",
"bysso#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "byssīs",
"links": [
[
"byssīs",
"byssis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bysse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "byssī",
"links": [
[
"byssī",
"byssi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bissus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "byssus<2>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "byssus f (genitive byssī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "byssus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Semitic languages",
"Latin terms spelled with Y",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"la:Bivalves",
"la:Fabrics",
"la:Fibers"
],
"glosses": [
"byssus or sea silk"
],
"links": [
[
"byssus",
"byssus#English"
],
[
"sea silk",
"sea silk"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈbys.sʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbis.sus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "byssus"
}
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