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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "balanum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balanōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balanō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balanīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balane",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balanī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "balanus<2>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "balanus f (genitive balanī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "balanus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"an acorn"
],
"links": [
[
"acorn",
"acorn"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:",
"a chestnut"
],
"links": [
[
"chestnut",
"chestnut"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:",
"the ben-nut (Moringa)"
],
"links": [
[
"ben",
"ben"
],
[
"Moringa",
"Moringa#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:",
"a date"
],
"links": [
[
"date",
"date"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:",
"a suppository"
],
"links": [
[
"suppository",
"suppository"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a fruit or other object similar in form to an acorn:",
"a species of shellfish"
],
"links": [
[
"shellfish",
"shellfish"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the bell-end; the dickhead"
],
"links": [
[
"bell-end",
"bell-end"
],
[
"dickhead",
"dickhead"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈba.la.nus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbäɫ̪änʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈba.la.nus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈbäːlänus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "balana"
},
{
"english": "late",
"word": "balania"
}
],
"word": "balanus"
}
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