"tippula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈtɪp.pʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ip.pu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive of a borrowing from Ancient Greek τίφη (típhē, “water spider, type of beetle”), a word of non-Indo-European (likely Pre-Greek substrate) origin. This word is also glossed as "einkorn wheat" but that sense is likely separate. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|τίφη|t=water spider, type of beetle}} Ancient Greek τίφη (típhē, “water spider, type of beetle”), {{der|la|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|la|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{[https://lsj.gr/index.php?title=τίφη&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#:~:text=τίφη ,einkörniger Weizen]}} [[:Template:https://lsj.gr/index.php?title=%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%86%CE%B7&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#:~:text=%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%86%CE%B7%20,eink%C3%B6rniger%20Weizen]] Head templates: {{la-noun|tippula<1>}} tippula f (genitive tippulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tippula<1>}} Forms: tippulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tippula [nominative, singular], tippulae [nominative, plural], tippulae [genitive, singular], tippulārum [genitive, plural], tippulae [dative, singular], tippulīs [dative, plural], tippulam [accusative, singular], tippulās [accusative, plural], tippulā [ablative, singular], tippulīs [ablative, plural], tippula [singular, vocative], tippulae [plural, vocative]
  1. an insect running across the surface of the water, a pond-skater; a water spider Tags: declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: típula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tipula",
            "3": "tipulid"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tipula, tipulid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tipula, tipulid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "tipolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: tipolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: tipolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tipule"
          },
          "expansion": "French: tipule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: tipule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tipula"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tipula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tipula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: típula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: típula"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Tipula"
          },
          "expansion": "Translingual: Tipula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Tipula"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "[https://lsj.gr/index.php?title=τίφη&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#:~:text=τίφη ,einkörniger Weizen]"
    }
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    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tippula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "tippula f (genitive tippulae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tippula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "la:Insects",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know: all procuresses are untrustworthy, and a water spider has more weight than a procuress’s promise.",
          "ref": "c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 2.2.62",
          "text": "noui: omnes sunt lenae leuifidae, nec tippulae leuius pondust quam fides lenonia."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an insect running across the surface of the water, a pond-skater; a water spider"
      ],
      "id": "en-tippula-la-noun-qydjRQ5c",
      "links": [
        [
          "insect",
          "insect#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ],
        [
          "pond-skater",
          "pond-skater"
        ],
        [
          "water spider",
          "water spider#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɪp.pʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ip.pu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tippula"
}
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: típula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tipula",
            "3": "tipulid"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tipula, tipulid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tipula, tipulid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "tipolo"
          },
          "expansion": "Esperanto: tipolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Esperanto: tipolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tipule"
          },
          "expansion": "French: tipule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: tipule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tipula"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tipula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tipula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: típula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "típula"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: típula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: típula"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "Tipula"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Tipula"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive of a borrowing from Ancient Greek τίφη (típhē, “water spider, type of beetle”), a word of non-Indo-European (likely Pre-Greek substrate) origin. This word is also glossed as \"einkorn wheat\" but that sense is likely separate.",
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    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tippulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tippula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "tippula f (genitive tippulae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tippula<1>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Insects"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know: all procuresses are untrustworthy, and a water spider has more weight than a procuress’s promise.",
          "ref": "c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 2.2.62",
          "text": "noui: omnes sunt lenae leuifidae, nec tippulae leuius pondust quam fides lenonia."
        }
      ],
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        "an insect running across the surface of the water, a pond-skater; a water spider"
      ],
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        [
          "insect",
          "insect#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ],
        [
          "pond-skater",
          "pond-skater"
        ],
        [
          "water spider",
          "water spider#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɪp.pʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ip.pu.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tippula"
}

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