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"name": "la-part"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fōrmāns<3-P+>"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin participles",
"Latin present participles",
"Latin third declension participles",
"Latin third declension participles of one termination",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "fōrmō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"shaping, forming, fashioning"
],
"links": [
[
"shaping",
"shaping"
],
[
"forming",
"forming"
],
[
"fashioning",
"fashioning"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"form-of",
"one-termination",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"word": "formans"
}
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