See cancellus on Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cancelle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cancellī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cancellus<2>"
},
"expansion": "cancellus m (genitive cancellī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cancellus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "But while bar-doors or their veils can be legated, not so water-pipes or water-basins.",
"text": "a. 224, Dig. 30, 1, 41, § 10 Ulpianus libro vicesimo primo ad Sabinum\nSed si cancelli sint vel vela, legari poterunt, non tamen fistulae vel castelli.",
"translation": "But while bar-doors or their veils can be legated, not so water-pipes or water-basins.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "But if a door-bar or a key or a pane is carried away, be it by force or stealthily, there is no action [by interdict].",
"text": "211–217 Dig. 43, 24, 9, § 1 Ulpianus libro septuagensimo primo ad edictum\nSi tamen sera vel clavis vel cancellus vel specularium sit ablatum, quod vi aut clam agi non poterit.",
"translation": "But if a door-bar or a key or a pane is carried away, be it by force or stealthily, there is no action [by interdict].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"one of the bars which, in the form of a grid, collectively constitute a door that lets daylight through; the bars were covered by vēla if it was desired to keep the light off – lattice, grate, grid, bars, barrier, railings"
],
"links": [
[
"bar",
"bar"
],
[
"grid",
"grid"
],
[
"door",
"door"
],
[
"daylight",
"daylight"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"vēla",
"velum#Latin"
],
[
"lattice",
"lattice"
],
[
"grate",
"grate"
],
[
"bars",
"bars"
],
[
"barrier",
"barrier"
],
[
"railings",
"railings"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kaŋˈkɛl.lʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kan̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛl.lus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "cancellus"
}
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