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"Latin terms spelled with Y"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "apocryphā",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adjective form",
"head": "apocryphā"
},
"expansion": "apocryphā",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "apocryphus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ablative feminine singular of apocryphus"
],
"links": [
[
"apocryphus",
"apocryphus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "apocrypha"
}
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