"vellus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈu̯el.lus/ [Classical], [ˈu̯ɛlːʲʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈvel.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɛlːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”) (compare Greek λῶμα (lôma), Welsh gwlân, English wool, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian волна (volna), Gaulish vlana , Latin lāna). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-||hair, wool}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”), {{m|grc|λῶμα}} λῶμα (lôma), {{m|cy|gwlân}} gwlân, {{m|en|wool}} wool, {{m|lt|vìlna}} vìlna, {{m|ru|волна}} волна (volna), {{m|cel-gau|vlana}} vlana, {{m|la|lāna}} lāna Head templates: {{la-noun|vellus/veller<3>}} vellus n (genitive velleris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vellus/veller<3>}} Forms: velleris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vellus [nominative, singular], vellera [nominative, plural], velleris [genitive, singular], vellerum [genitive, plural], vellerī [dative, singular], velleribus [dative, plural], vellus [accusative, singular], vellera [accusative, plural], vellere [ablative, singular], velleribus [ablative, plural], vellus [singular, vocative], vellera [plural, vocative]
  1. The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms (wool): lāna
    Sense id: en-vellus-la-noun-EctWZnPS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'wool': 100 0
  2. The hide or pelt of an animal Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-vellus-la-noun-qbVpfrAK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: villus

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "velló"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: velló",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: velló"
    },
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      ],
      "text": "> Italian: veglio (inherited), → vello (learned)"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: veḍḍu"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: vellón",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "form": "vellera",
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      "form": "vellerum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vellerī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "velleribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vellus",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "vellera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "vellere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "velleribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "vellus",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "vellera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vellus/veller<3>"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "‘‘And may I not drive back fewer [but] as many [sheep] as there were in the morning;\nnor will I bemoan bringing back fleeces having been snatched from a wolf.’’\n(A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.765–766",
          "roman": "nēve gemam referēns vellera rapta lupō.’",
          "text": "‘nēve minus multōs redigam, quam māne fuērunt,"
        }
      ],
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        "The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool"
      ],
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          "wool"
        ],
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          "shorn",
          "shorn"
        ],
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          "sheep",
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        ],
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          "fleece"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "wool",
          "word": "lāna"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hide or pelt of an animal"
      ],
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        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "pelt",
          "pelt"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯el.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvel.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛlːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "villus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vellus"
}
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (wool)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "velló"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: velló",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: velló"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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            "inh": "1"
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          "expansion": "> Italian: veglio (inherited)",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
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            "lbor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ vello (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Italian: veglio (inherited), → vello (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "velo"
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          "expansion": "Portuguese: velo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: velo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Sicilian: veḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "vellón"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: vellón",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Spanish: vellón"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "vìlna",
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        "2": "волна"
      },
      "expansion": "волна (volna)",
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        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "vlana"
      },
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        "1": "la",
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      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”) (compare Greek λῶμα (lôma), Welsh gwlân, English wool, Lithuanian vìlna, Russian волна (volna),\nGaulish vlana , Latin lāna).",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "vellera",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "vellerum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "vellerī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vellus",
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    {
      "form": "vellera",
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        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "vellere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "velleribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vellus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "vellera",
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        "plural",
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    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "‘‘And may I not drive back fewer [but] as many [sheep] as there were in the morning;\nnor will I bemoan bringing back fleeces having been snatched from a wolf.’’\n(A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.765–766",
          "roman": "nēve gemam referēns vellera rapta lupō.’",
          "text": "‘nēve minus multōs redigam, quam māne fuērunt,"
        }
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        "The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "shorn",
          "shorn"
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          "sheep",
          "sheep"
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          "fleece",
          "fleece"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hide or pelt of an animal"
      ],
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          "hide",
          "hide"
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        [
          "pelt",
          "pelt"
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        [
          "animal",
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      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "neuter"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯el.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛlːʲʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvel.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛlːus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "wool",
      "word": "lāna"
    },
    {
      "word": "villus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vellus"
}

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