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],
"categories": [
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of cādūceum"
],
"links": [
[
"cādūceum",
"caduceum#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaːˈduː.ke.us/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[käːˈd̪uːkeʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaˈdu.t͡ʃe.us/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[käˈd̪uːt͡ʃeus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "caduceus"
}
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