"subsellium" meaning in All languages combined

See subsellium on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subsellia [plural]
Etymology: Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat). Head templates: {{en-noun|subsellia}} subsellium (plural subsellia)
  1. A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord.
    Sense id: en-subsellium-en-noun-5om5dRPx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 3 3

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [sʊpˈsɛl.li.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [subˈsɛl.li.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: sub- (under) + sella (seat). Head templates: {{la-noun|subsellium<2>}} subsellium n (genitive subselliī or subsellī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|subsellium<2>}} Forms: subselliī [genitive], subsellī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], subsellium [nominative, singular], subsellia [nominative, plural], subselliī [genitive, singular], subsellī [genitive, singular], subselliōrum [genitive, plural], subselliō [dative, singular], subselliīs [dative, plural], subsellium [accusative, singular], subsellia [accusative, plural], subselliō [ablative, singular], subselliīs [ablative, plural], subsellium [singular, vocative], subsellia [plural, vocative]
  1. a low seat or bench Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-subsellium-la-noun-0i4Dq5zc Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 50 50
  2. the bench (of a judge) Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-subsellium-la-noun-bIC47Eqe Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 50 50

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis": "93 3 3",
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      ],
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        "A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "misericord",
          "misericord"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "subsellium"
}

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          "lang_code": "syc",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ܣܦܣܠܐ"
        },
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "lang_code": "he",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "roman": "safsal",
          "word": "סַפְסָל"
        }
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      "lang_code": "grc",
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      "roman": "supséllion",
      "word": "συψέλλιον"
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  "etymology_text": "sub- (under) + sella (seat).",
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    },
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "subsellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "subsellium<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What of the fact that, upon your arrival, those benches have been emptied? That all the ex-consuls, who very often have been designated by you for slaughter, as soon as you took your seat, left that section of the benches bare and empty — at last, with that in mind, do you think you can endure it?",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.16",
          "text": "Quid quod adventū tuō ista subsellia vacuēfacta sunt? Quod omnēs cōnsulārēs, quī tibi persaepe ad caedem cōnstitūtī fuērunt, simul atque adsēdistī, partem istam subselliōrum nūdam atque inānem relīquērunt — quō tandem animō tibi ferundum putās?",
          "translation": "What of the fact that, upon your arrival, those benches have been emptied? That all the ex-consuls, who very often have been designated by you for slaughter, as soon as you took your seat, left that section of the benches bare and empty — at last, with that in mind, do you think you can endure it?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "a low seat or bench"
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          "bench",
          "bench"
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "the bench (of a judge)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bench",
          "bench"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sʊpˈsɛl.li.ũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[subˈsɛl.li.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subsellium"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      "glosses": [
        "A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord."
      ],
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          "stall"
        ],
        [
          "church",
          "church"
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          "misericord",
          "misericord"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries"
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  "descendants": [
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          "word": "ܣܦܣܠܐ"
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  "etymology_text": "sub- (under) + sella (seat).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "form": "subsellium",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliō",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "subsellium",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subselliīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "subsellia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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  ],
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        "1": "subsellium<2>"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "What of the fact that, upon your arrival, those benches have been emptied? That all the ex-consuls, who very often have been designated by you for slaughter, as soon as you took your seat, left that section of the benches bare and empty — at last, with that in mind, do you think you can endure it?",
          "ref": "63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.16",
          "text": "Quid quod adventū tuō ista subsellia vacuēfacta sunt? Quod omnēs cōnsulārēs, quī tibi persaepe ad caedem cōnstitūtī fuērunt, simul atque adsēdistī, partem istam subselliōrum nūdam atque inānem relīquērunt — quō tandem animō tibi ferundum putās?",
          "translation": "What of the fact that, upon your arrival, those benches have been emptied? That all the ex-consuls, who very often have been designated by you for slaughter, as soon as you took your seat, left that section of the benches bare and empty — at last, with that in mind, do you think you can endure it?",
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        "the bench (of a judge)"
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        "neuter"
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[subˈsɛl.li.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "word": "subsellium"
}

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