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"form": "differentiae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "differentia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "differentiae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "differentia<1>"
},
"expansion": "differentia f (genitive differentiae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "differentia<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"difference"
],
"links": [
[
"difference",
"difference"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"diversity"
],
"links": [
[
"diversity",
"diversity"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dif.feˈren.ti.a/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ɪfːɛˈrɛn̪t̪iä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dif.feˈren.t͡si.a/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ifːeˈrɛnt̪͡s̪iä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "differentia"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 5-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin participle forms",
"Latin terms suffixed with -ia",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "differens",
"3": "-ia"
},
"expansion": "differens + -ia",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From differens + -ia.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "participle form"
},
"expansion": "differentia",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"word": "differēns"
}
],
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],
"links": [
[
"differēns",
"differens#Latin"
]
],
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"form-of",
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"nominative",
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"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dif.feˈren.ti.a/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ɪfːɛˈrɛn̪t̪iä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dif.feˈren.t͡si.a/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪ifːeˈrɛnt̪͡s̪iä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "differentia"
}
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