"certus" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Esperanto]

IPA: /ˈt͡sertus/
Rhymes: -ertus Head templates: {{eo-head}} certus
  1. conditional of certi Tags: conditional, form-of Form of: certi
    Sense id: en-certus-eo-verb-~aOnvsiK Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 62 2 16 20 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 1 4 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 1 3 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 64 2 15 19 0

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkɛr.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛr.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus From Proto-Italic *kritos, the original perfect passive participle of *krinō (Latin cernō). Due to the shift in meaning, it was replaced in the verbal paradigm by crētus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:inh|itc-pro:*kritos<ety:inh<ine-pro:*krey->>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Italic *kritos Latin certus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kritos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "certus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="certus">, {{root|la|ine-pro|*krey-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kritos}} Proto-Italic *kritos, {{m+|la|cernō}} Latin cernō Head templates: {{la-adj|certus|adv=certē/certō|comp=certior|sup=certissimus}} certus (feminine certa, neuter certum, comparative certior, superlative certissimus, adverb certē or certō); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|certus}} Forms: certa [feminine], certum [neuter], certior [comparative], certissimus [superlative], certē [adverb], certō [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], certus [masculine, nominative, singular], certa [feminine, nominative, singular], certum [neuter, nominative, singular], certī [masculine, nominative, plural], certae [feminine, nominative, plural], certa [neuter, nominative, plural], certī [genitive, masculine, singular], certae [feminine, genitive, singular], certī [genitive, neuter, singular], certōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], certārum [feminine, genitive, plural], certōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], certō [dative, masculine, singular], certae [dative, feminine, singular], certō [dative, neuter, singular], certīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], certum [accusative, masculine, singular], certam [accusative, feminine, singular], certum [accusative, neuter, singular], certōs [accusative, masculine, plural], certās [accusative, feminine, plural], certa [accusative, neuter, plural], certō [ablative, masculine, singular], certā [ablative, feminine, singular], certō [ablative, neuter, singular], certīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], certe [masculine, singular, vocative], certa [feminine, singular, vocative], certum [neuter, singular, vocative], certī [masculine, plural, vocative], certae [feminine, plural, vocative], certa [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. certain Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-certus-la-adj-cNFsu~jk
  2. fixed, settled, firm Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-certus-la-adj-uRFVA~~P Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 4 43 53 0
  3. resolved, determined Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: prōmptus, indubius, fixus
    Sense id: en-certus-la-adj-75tMpZ83 Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 4 43 53 0 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 22 28 42 8
  4. sure Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-certus-la-adj-wMr88OLW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *certānus [Latin, vulgar], certē, certior fīō, certiōrem facere, certō

Inflected forms

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  "hyphenation": [
    "cer‧tus"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cer‧tus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "certi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conditional of certi"
      ],
      "id": "en-certus-eo-verb-~aOnvsiK",
      "links": [
        [
          "certi",
          "certi#Esperanto"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sertus/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ertus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "certus"
}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "*certānus"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "certē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "certior fīō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "certiōrem facere"
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      "word": "certō"
    }
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    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "ciertu"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "cert"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "lang_code": "dlm",
      "word": "ciart"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "certes"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "zertus"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "ciert"
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      "word": "ciertun"
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "ceart"
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "kiart"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "ceart"
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      "word": "cert"
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      "lang_code": "ist",
      "word": "sierto"
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          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "raw_tags": [
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        }
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "certo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladin",
      "lang_code": "lld",
      "word": "cert"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ladin",
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      "word": "cërt"
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    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "cèrt"
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          "lang_code": "gl",
          "word": "certo"
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          "word": "certo"
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      "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "roa-opt",
      "word": "certo"
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    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "cert"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romansh",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "tschert"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "certu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cierto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "çerto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "serto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "zerto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
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      "form": "certa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certum",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "certior",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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      "form": "certī",
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      "form": "certae",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "form": "certī",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "certae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certī",
      "links": [
        [
          "certī",
          "certi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "certōrum",
          "certorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "certārum",
          "certarum#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "certōrum",
          "certorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certō",
      "links": [
        [
          "certō",
          "certo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certō",
      "links": [
        [
          "certō",
          "certo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "certīs",
          "certis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "certōs",
          "certos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certās",
      "links": [
        [
          "certās",
          "certas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certō",
      "links": [
        [
          "certō",
          "certo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certā",
      "links": [
        [
          "certā",
          "certa#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certō",
      "links": [
        [
          "certō",
          "certo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "certīs",
          "certis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certum",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certī",
      "links": [
        [
          "certī",
          "certi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "certa",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "certus",
        "adv": "certē/certō",
        "comp": "certior",
        "sup": "certissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "certus (feminine certa, neuter certum, comparative certior, superlative certissimus, adverb certē or certō); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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        "1": "certus"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In love, all these flaws are present: wrongs, suspicions, enmities, truces, war, [and] peace again: if you should desire to make these uncertain [things] certain by reasoning, you would accomplish no more than if you made some effort — by way of reason — to become insane.",
          "ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 1.59–63",
          "roman": "quam sī dēs operam ut cum ratiōne īnsāniās.",
          "text": "In amōre, haec omnia īnsunt vitia: iniūriae,\nsuspīciōnēs, inimīcitiae, indūtiae,\nbellum, pāx rūrsum: incerta haec sī tū postulēs\nratiōne certa facere, nihilō plūs agās",
          "translation": "In love, all these flaws are present: wrongs, suspicions, enmities, truces, war, [and] peace again: if you should desire to make these uncertain [things] certain by reasoning, you would accomplish no more than if you made some effort — by way of reason — to become insane.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "certain"
      ],
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          "certain",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fixed, settled, firm"
      ],
      "id": "en-certus-la-adj-uRFVA~~P",
      "links": [
        [
          "fixed",
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        ],
        [
          "settled",
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        ],
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "incertus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dubius"
        },
        {
          "word": "suspensus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vagus"
        },
        {
          "word": "anceps"
        }
      ],
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          "english": "In love, all these flaws are present: wrongs, suspicions, enmities, truces, war, [and] peace again: if you should desire to make these uncertain [things] certain by reasoning, you would accomplish no more than if you made some effort — by way of reason — to become insane.",
          "ref": "161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 1.59–63",
          "roman": "quam sī dēs operam ut cum ratiōne īnsāniās.",
          "text": "In amōre, haec omnia īnsunt vitia: iniūriae,\nsuspīciōnēs, inimīcitiae, indūtiae,\nbellum, pāx rūrsum: incerta haec sī tū postulēs\nratiōne certa facere, nihilō plūs agās",
          "translation": "In love, all these flaws are present: wrongs, suspicions, enmities, truces, war, [and] peace again: if you should desire to make these uncertain [things] certain by reasoning, you would accomplish no more than if you made some effort — by way of reason — to become insane.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈkɛr.tʊs]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛr.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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