"veretilla" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From veretrum (“penis; genitals”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).\nAs it is first attested in Apuleius, it may have been a neologism coined by him, possibly intended as a translation of Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “glans, penis”), to refer to a type of shellfish that visually resembled a human penis.\nEditors differ on whether the passage where this word occurs should be read with feminine singular accusative \"veretillam\" or neuter singular accusative \"veretillum\", or even neuter plural accusative \"veretilla\". If the feminine form \"veretillam\" is correct, there is a change in gender from the neuter base word veretrum. In principle, such gender changes may proceed by means of mistaking neuter plural forms such as veretra/veretilla for nominative feminine singular forms; however, per Adams, veretrum was generally used in the singular, unlike similar euphemisms such as verenda, verendōrum, so this may be a less likely route of gender change for this word than for others.\nThe vocalism in -ill- is uncommon for a diminutive built on a -ro-stem noun with assimilation of -rl- to -ll-: the expected formation would be in -ell-. Strodach suggests the form was possibly influenced by analogy with a diminutive pēnicillus, from pēniculus in the meaning \"penis\".",
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    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "veretilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "1": "veretilla<1>"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "veretilla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "ref": "c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Apologia 34",
          "text": "et fortasse an peracute repperisse vobis videbamini, ut quaesisse me fingeretis ad illecebras magicas duo haec marina, veretillam et virginal; disce enim nomina rerum Latina, quae propterea varie nominai, ut denuo instructus accuses"
        }
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        "name of some marine organism"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/u̯e.reˈtil.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[u̯ɛrɛˈt̪ɪlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.reˈtil.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vereˈt̪ilːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veretilla"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "veretrum",
        "3": "-lus",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "penis; genitals"
      },
      "expansion": "veretrum (“penis; genitals”) + -lus (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From veretrum (“penis; genitals”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).\nAs it is first attested in Apuleius, it may have been a neologism coined by him, possibly intended as a translation of Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “glans, penis”), to refer to a type of shellfish that visually resembled a human penis.\nEditors differ on whether the passage where this word occurs should be read with feminine singular accusative \"veretillam\" or neuter singular accusative \"veretillum\", or even neuter plural accusative \"veretilla\". If the feminine form \"veretillam\" is correct, there is a change in gender from the neuter base word veretrum. In principle, such gender changes may proceed by means of mistaking neuter plural forms such as veretra/veretilla for nominative feminine singular forms; however, per Adams, veretrum was generally used in the singular, unlike similar euphemisms such as verenda, verendōrum, so this may be a less likely route of gender change for this word than for others.\nThe vocalism in -ill- is uncommon for a diminutive built on a -ro-stem noun with assimilation of -rl- to -ll-: the expected formation would be in -ell-. Strodach suggests the form was possibly influenced by analogy with a diminutive pēnicillus, from pēniculus in the meaning \"penis\".",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "veretilla",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretilla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veretillae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "veretilla<1>"
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      "args": {
        "1": "veretilla<1>"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Apologia 34",
          "text": "et fortasse an peracute repperisse vobis videbamini, ut quaesisse me fingeretis ad illecebras magicas duo haec marina, veretillam et virginal; disce enim nomina rerum Latina, quae propterea varie nominai, ut denuo instructus accuses"
        }
      ],
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        "name of some marine organism"
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/u̯e.reˈtil.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[u̯ɛrɛˈt̪ɪlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ve.reˈtil.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[vereˈt̪ilːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veretilla"
}