See siglum on Wiktionary
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly a contracted form of sigillum or singulum.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "siglī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "siglum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sigla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siglī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "siglōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siglō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "siglīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siglum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sigla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siglō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "siglīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "siglum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sigla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "siglum<2>"
},
"expansion": "siglum n (genitive siglī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "siglum<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Late Latin",
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin neuter nouns",
"Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"abbreviation"
],
"links": [
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Latin) abbreviation"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"declension-2",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsi.ɡlum/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈs̠ɪɡɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsi.ɡlum/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsiːɡlum]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "siglum"
}
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