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"roman": "Shàngdì Gāoyáng",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "上帝羔羊"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "gudslam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "Jumalan Karitsa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "año de Deus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "o amnós tou Theoú",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ο αμνός του Θεού"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ágnec bóžij",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"tags": [
"capitalized",
"masculine",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "а́гнец бо́жий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "Cordero de Dios"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"word": "Agnus Dei"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "model or picture of a lamb with a cross",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gudslamm"
}
],
"word": "Agnus Dei"
}
{
"categories": [
"Ecclesiastical Latin",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin multiword terms",
"Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
"Latin proper nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms calqued from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"la:Christianity",
"la:Divine epithets",
"la:Sheep"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Agnus Dei"
},
"expansion": "English: Agnus Dei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: Agnus Dei"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "Agnus Dei",
"3": "agnus dei",
"4": "Cordeiro de Deus"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: Agnus Dei, agnus dei, Cordeiro de Deus",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "calque"
},
"expansion": "(calque)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: Agnus Dei, agnus dei, Cordeiro de Deus (calque)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ"
},
"expansion": "Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû)",
"name": "calque"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû). The name refers to Jesus' role as a sacrificial lamb that is (voluntarily) slaughtered on the Cross.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Agnus Deī",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnī Deī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnus Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnī Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnō Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnum Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agnō Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Agne Deī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Agnus<2> Deī"
},
"expansion": "Agnus Deī m sg (genitive Agnī Deī); second declension",
"name": "la-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Agnus<2> Deī"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world...",
"text": "Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi...",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Literally, “Lamb of God”, a title applied by Christians to Jesus, whose death they equate with the offering of such animals for sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem by those who have sinned, as described in the Hebrew scriptures."
],
"links": [
[
"Lamb of God",
"Lamb of God"
],
[
"Jesus",
"Jesus"
]
],
"tags": [
"Ecclesiastical",
"Latin",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"prayer in the Mass, and musical composition of that prayer, which begins with the words \"Agnus Dei....\""
],
"tags": [
"Ecclesiastical",
"Latin",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɡ.nus ˈde.iː/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäŋnʊs̠ ˈd̪eiː]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɲ.ɲus ˈde.i/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäɲːus ˈd̪ɛːi]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "Agnus Dei"
}
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