See helix on Wiktionary
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "helix",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helicēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helicis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helicum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helicī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helicibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helicem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helicēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helicibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helix",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "helicēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "helix<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "helix f (genitive helicis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "helix<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"a kind of ivy"
],
"links": [
[
"ivy",
"ivy"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a kind of willow"
],
"links": [
[
"willow",
"willow"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns"
],
"links": [
[
"whorl",
"whorl"
],
[
"ornament",
"ornament"
],
[
"capital",
"capital"
],
[
"column",
"column"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhe.liks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhɛlʲɪks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈe.liks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɛːliks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "helix"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "fr",
"3": "hélix"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French hélix",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French hélix.",
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{
"form": "helixuri",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "helix",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helixuri",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helix",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helixului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helixuri",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "helixurilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helixule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "helixurilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "helixuri"
},
"expansion": "helix n (plural helixuri)",
"name": "ro-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "n",
"gpd": "helixurilor",
"gpi": "helixuri",
"gsd": "helixului",
"gsi": "helix",
"n": "",
"npd": "helixurile",
"npi": "helixuri",
"nsd": "helixul",
"nsi": "helix",
"vp": "helixurilor",
"vs": "helixule",
"vs2": ""
},
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}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian countable nouns",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian neuter nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms derived from French"
],
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"helix"
],
"links": [
[
"helix",
"helix#English"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
}
],
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}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive-dative'",
"path": [
"helix"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "helix",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/20250113b",
"msg": "Rowspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
"path": [
"helix"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "helix",
"trace": ""
}
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