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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōris",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "effector",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "effectōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "effector<3>",
"f": "effectrīx"
},
"expansion": "effector m (genitive effectōris, feminine effectrīx); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"ef",
"fec",
"tor"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "effector<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin compound terms",
"Latin entries with etymology texts",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁éǵʰs",
"Latin terms prefixed with ex-",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tor",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with inline etymon for redlinks"
],
"glosses": [
"effecter, producer, cause"
],
"links": [
[
"effecter",
"effecter"
],
[
"producer",
"producer"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɛfˈfɛk.tɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[efˈfɛk.tor]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "effector"
}
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