See praetor on Wiktionary
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōrī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōrem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "praetor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "praetōrēs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praetor<3>"
},
"expansion": "praetor m (genitive praetōris); third declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praetor<3>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"leader, head, chief, president"
],
"links": [
[
"leader",
"leader"
],
[
"head",
"head"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"president",
"president"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"praetor (office)"
],
"links": [
[
"praetor",
"praetor#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈprae̯.tɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈprɛː.tor]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "praetor"
}
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