See nocebo on Wiktionary
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "noceō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular future active indicative of noceō"
],
"links": [
[
"noceō",
"noceo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"first-person",
"form-of",
"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/noˈkeː.boː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[nɔˈkeːboː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/noˈt͡ʃe.bo/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[noˈt͡ʃɛːbo]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "nocebo"
}
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