See limbus on Wiktionary
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"biology",
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"word": "limbātus"
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"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "llimbs",
"3": "limbe"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"args": {
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"name": "desc"
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},
{
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "limbe",
"3": "limbique"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "de",
"2": "Limbus"
},
"expansion": "German: Limbus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "it",
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"3": "limbo"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "limbo"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: limbo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "лимб"
},
"expansion": "Russian: лимб (limb)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
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}
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]
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{
"form": "limbum",
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"singular"
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"form": "limbōs",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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"form": "limbō",
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "limbīs",
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"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "limbe",
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"singular",
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{
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"A border, edge"
],
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],
[
"edge",
"edge"
]
],
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"word": "margō"
},
{
"word": "ōra"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"hem, fringe, tassel"
],
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"hem"
],
[
"fringe",
"fringe"
],
[
"tassel",
"tassel"
]
],
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{
"word": "instita"
},
{
"word": "ōra"
},
{
"word": "patagīum"
}
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"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
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"limbo"
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[
"limbo",
"limbo"
]
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"(Ecclesiastical Latin) limbo"
],
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"Latin",
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈlim.bus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlʲɪmbʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˈlim.bus/",
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},
{
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}
],
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"name": "bor"
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"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
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"enm:Theology"
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"limbo (waiting place for souls)"
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[
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],
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"(Late Middle English, rare) limbo (waiting place for souls)"
],
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"word": "lymbo"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈlimbus/"
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"word": "lymbus"
},
{
"word": "Limbus"
}
],
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}
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