See axilla on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "→ English: axilla",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: axilla"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "asgell"
},
"expansion": "Welsh: asgell",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Welsh: asgell"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂eḱs-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Diminutive form of āla (“wing”) (from its earlier form *axla). Compare with similarly formed māla - maxilla.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "āxilla",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "āxilla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "āxilla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "āxillae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ascella",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late",
"Latin",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "āxilla<1>"
},
"expansion": "āxilla f (genitive āxillae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "āxilla<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"little wing"
],
"links": [
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"wing",
"wing"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"axilla, armpit"
],
"links": [
[
"axilla",
"axilla#English"
],
[
"armpit",
"armpit"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[aːkˈsɪl.la]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[akˈsil.la]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "axilla"
}
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