See lacus on Wiktionary
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"lacūs",
"lacus#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacuum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lacuī",
"links": [
[
"lacuī",
"lacui#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacubus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lacum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacūs",
"links": [
[
"lacūs",
"lacus#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lacū",
"links": [
[
"lacū",
"lacu#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lacubus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lacus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lacūs",
"links": [
[
"lacūs",
"lacus#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
},
"expansion": "lacus m (genitive lacūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "Lacūs Magnī"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lacus<4.ubus>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a lake, pond, basin; reservoir"
],
"links": [
[
"lake",
"lake"
],
[
"pond",
"pond"
],
[
"basin",
"basin"
],
[
"reservoir",
"reservoir"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats\n(The Latin word lacus, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘lake’’, also described a container used in ancient winemaking. See also mustum and must.)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.558",
"text": "inque cavōs ierant tertia musta lacūs",
"translation": "and three times had the must been poured into the hollow wine-vats\n(The Latin word lacus, meaning ‘‘hollow’’ or ‘‘lake’’, also described a container used in ancient winemaking. See also mustum and must.)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a tank, tub, sink, vat, wine-vat"
],
"links": [
[
"tank",
"tank"
],
[
"tub",
"tub"
],
[
"sink",
"sink"
],
[
"vat",
"vat"
],
[
"wine",
"wine"
],
[
"vat",
"vat"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫa.kʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaː.kus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ɫ"
],
"word": "lacus"
}
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