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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈpiɡ.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpɪŋnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpiɲ.ɲus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpiɲːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- or *peyḱ-; others refer it to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”); its meaning perhaps being "something pinned/fixed/retained (as pledge)". Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*peyǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ-, {{der|la|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-||to fasten, fix}} Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”) Head templates: {{la-noun|pignus<3>}} pignus n (genitive pignoris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pignus<3>}} Forms: pignoris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pignus [nominative, singular], pignora [nominative, plural], pignoris [genitive, singular], pignorum [genitive, plural], pignorī [dative, singular], pignoribus [dative, plural], pignus [accusative, singular], pignora [accusative, plural], pignore [ablative, singular], pignoribus [ablative, plural], pignus [singular, vocative], pignora [plural, vocative]
  1. pledge, mortgage Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: vōtum, fīdūcia
    Sense id: en-pignus-la-noun-CE5DNm8A Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 38 31
  2. hostage Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-pignus-la-noun-KuPPfUxJ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 38 31
  3. wager, stake Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-pignus-la-noun-4uqT~nTG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 38 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pignerō

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pignerō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pegno"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: pegno",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: pegno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pignu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pignu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pignu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "pegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: pegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: pegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "penh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: penh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: penh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pennor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pennor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pennor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "penhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: penhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: penhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "peños",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "pendra",
            "qq": "< *pignora"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: peños; pendra (< *pignora)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: peños; pendra (< *pignora)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "peño",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "prenda"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: peño; prenda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: peño; prenda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prenda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: prenda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: prenda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "peng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: peng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: peng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pignus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pignus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pignus"
    }
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "*peyǵ-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*peh₂ǵ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to fasten, fix"
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    {
      "form": "pignoris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "pignus<3>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pignus<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "pledge, mortgage"
      ],
      "id": "en-pignus-la-noun-CE5DNm8A",
      "links": [
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "mortgage",
          "mortgage"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīdūcia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hostage"
      ],
      "id": "en-pignus-la-noun-KuPPfUxJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "hostage",
          "hostage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 33 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 43 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 38 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wager, stake"
      ],
      "id": "en-pignus-la-noun-4uqT~nTG",
      "links": [
        [
          "wager",
          "wager"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiɡ.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɪŋnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiɲ.ɲus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiɲːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pignus"
}
{
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pignerō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pegno"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: pegno",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: pegno"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pignu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pignu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pignu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "pegn"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: pegn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: pegn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "penh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: penh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: penh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pennor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pennor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pennor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "penhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: penhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: penhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "peños",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "pendra",
            "qq": "< *pignora"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "peño",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "prenda"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: peño; prenda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "prenda",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: prenda",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: prenda"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "peng",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: peng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: peng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pignus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pignus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pignus"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "la",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pignoris",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignorum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignorī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignore",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignoribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pignora",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pignus<3>"
      },
      "expansion": "pignus n (genitive pignoris); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pignus<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pledge, mortgage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "mortgage",
          "mortgage"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vōtum"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīdūcia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hostage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hostage",
          "hostage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wager, stake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wager",
          "wager"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiɡ.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɪŋnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiɲ.ɲus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiɲːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pignus"
}

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