See plexus on Wiktionary
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[
"involved",
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[
"intricate",
"intricate"
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"entangled",
"entangled"
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"(pre-Classical) involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous"
],
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"form-of",
"participle",
"passive",
"perfect",
"pre-Classical"
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}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈplek.sus/",
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"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplek.sus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈplɛksus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "plexus"
}
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin fourth declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
"Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for quotations in Latin"
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "plexus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: plexus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: plexus"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "plexus",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: plexus",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: plexus"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "plexo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: plexo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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"3": "-tus",
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"t1": "to plait, braid, interweave"
},
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"name": "af"
}
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"form": "plexūs",
"head_nr": 1,
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
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]
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{
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{
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "plexūs",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "plexuī",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "plexūs",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "plexibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular",
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]
},
{
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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},
"expansion": "plexus m (genitive plexūs); fourth declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
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"args": {
"1": "plexus<4>"
},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
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],
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],
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],
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"Classical-Latin"
]
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"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈplɛksus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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}
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