See halcyon on Wiktionary
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἀλκυών",
"4": "",
"5": "kingfisher"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "halcyōn",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyōn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyone",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonibus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyōn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "halcyonēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "halcyōn/halcyon<3>",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "halcyōn f (genitive halcyonis); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "halcyōn/halcyon<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "alcēdō"
},
{
"word": "Alcyonē"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms spelled with Y",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"The halcyon; kingfisher."
],
"links": [
[
"halcyon",
"halcyon#English"
],
[
"kingfisher",
"kingfisher"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhal.ky.oːn/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhäɫ̪kyoːn]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈal.t͡ʃi.on/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäl̠ʲt͡ʃion]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "kingfisher, halcyon",
"word": "alcēdō"
},
{
"word": "alcyōn"
}
],
"word": "halcyon"
}
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