"moltā" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Proto-Italic]

Etymology: Unknown. Possible derivations include: * A substantivization of *moltos (“many”) (whence Latin multus), from an earlier base sense "quantity". * If the Latin alternative form mulcta is more original and South Picene 𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇 (molktah) belongs here, one can reconstruct an original *molktā, and relate this to Latin mulcō (“to damage”) and mulceō (“to stroke”). * The linguists José Marcos Macedo and Daniel Kölligan suggest that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *molh₃to-, itself from the root *melh₃- (“to come”), whence also Ancient Greek βλώσκω (blṓskō). More particularly, the form *molh₃to- may have emerged from a noun *mol-ós, whence—according to Macedo and Kölligan—perhaps Ancient Greek Μόλος (Mólos). Etymology templates: {{ety|itc-pro|id=penalty}}, {{unk|itc-pro}} Unknown, {{noncog|la|multus}} Latin multus, {{cog|spx|𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇}} South Picene 𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇 (molktah), {{cog|la|mulcō|t=to damage}} Latin mulcō (“to damage”), {{inh|itc-pro|ine-pro||*molh₃to-}} Proto-Indo-European *molh₃to-, {{cog|grc|βλώσκω}} Ancient Greek βλώσκω (blṓskō), {{cog|grc|Μόλος}} Ancient Greek Μόλος (Mólos) Head templates: {{head|itc-pro|noun|g=f}} *moltā f Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], moltā [nominative, singular], moltās [nominative, plural], molta [singular, vocative], moltās [plural, vocative], moltām [accusative, singular], -am [accusative, singular], moltans [accusative, plural], moltās [genitive, singular], moltāzom [genitive, plural], moltāi [dative, singular], moltais [dative, plural], moltād [ablative, singular], moltais [ablative, plural], moltāi [locative, singular], moltais [locative, plural]
  1. A monetary penalty; a fine Tags: feminine, reconstruction Derived forms: moltāō, ⇒ Oscan: 𐌌𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌀𐌔𐌝𐌊𐌀𐌃 (múltasíkad) (alt: suffixed with *-ikos), moltāsios (english: fine-like?)
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "multa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "molto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "moltam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "moltas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "mutu",
      "word": "𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌖"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "muta",
      "word": "𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌀"
    },
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      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "motar"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "multus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin multus",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spx",
        "2": "𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "to damage"
      },
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        "3": "",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "moltā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-am",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāzom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltād",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itc-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*moltā f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Italic",
  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moltā",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Italic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "moltāō"
        },
        {
          "alt": "suffixed with *-ikos",
          "roman": "múltasíkad",
          "word": "⇒ Oscan: 𐌌𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌀𐌔𐌝𐌊𐌀𐌃"
        },
        {
          "english": "fine-like?",
          "translation": "fine-like?",
          "word": "moltāsios"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A monetary penalty; a fine"
      ],
      "id": "en-moltā-itc-pro-noun-tIJ4LTDK",
      "links": [
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine#English:_penalty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "moltā"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "moltāō"
    },
    {
      "alt": "suffixed with *-ikos",
      "roman": "múltasíkad",
      "word": "⇒ Oscan: 𐌌𐌞𐌋𐌕𐌀𐌔𐌝𐌊𐌀𐌃"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine-like?",
      "translation": "fine-like?",
      "word": "moltāsios"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "multa"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "molto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "moltam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Oscan",
      "lang_code": "osc",
      "word": "moltas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "mutu",
      "word": "𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌖"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "roman": "muta",
      "word": "𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌀"
    },
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      "lang": "Umbrian",
      "lang_code": "xum",
      "word": "motar"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇"
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "βλώσκω"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "Μόλος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Μόλος (Mólos)",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possible derivations include:\n* A substantivization of *moltos (“many”) (whence Latin multus), from an earlier base sense \"quantity\".\n* If the Latin alternative form mulcta is more original and South Picene 𐌌𐌏𐌋𐌊𐌕𐌀𐌇 (molktah) belongs here, one can reconstruct an original *molktā, and relate this to Latin mulcō (“to damage”) and mulceō (“to stroke”).\n* The linguists José Marcos Macedo and Daniel Kölligan suggest that the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *molh₃to-, itself from the root *melh₃- (“to come”), whence also Ancient Greek βλώσκω (blṓskō). More particularly, the form *molh₃to- may have emerged from a noun *mol-ós, whence—according to Macedo and Kölligan—perhaps Ancient Greek Μόλος (Mólos).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ā-stem",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-am",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāzom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltād",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltāi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moltais",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "itc-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/moltā",
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        "Pages with etymon",
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        "Proto-Italic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Italic lemmas",
        "Proto-Italic nouns",
        "Proto-Italic terms with unknown etymologies",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A monetary penalty; a fine"
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "moltā"
}

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