See vellus on Wiktionary
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},
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}
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "vellera",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
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]
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellerī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "velleribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"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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"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "84 16",
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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",
"wool"
],
[
"shorn",
"shorn"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
],
[
"fleece",
"fleece"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "wool",
"word": "lāna"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"neuter"
]
},
{
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"The hide or pelt of an animal"
],
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"hide",
"hide"
],
[
"pelt",
"pelt"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
]
],
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"declension-3",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈu̯el.lus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛlːʲʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvel.lus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛlːus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "villus"
}
],
"word": "vellus"
}
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"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",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "velló"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: velló",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Catalan: velló"
},
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"inh": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
},
{
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"1": "it",
"2": "vello",
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],
"text": "> Italian: veglio (inherited), → vello (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "velo"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese: velo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Portuguese: velo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "veḍḍu"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: veḍḍu",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: veḍḍu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "vellón"
},
"expansion": "Spanish: vellón",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Spanish: vellón"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂welh₁-",
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"3": "*h₂welh₁-",
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},
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"form": "velleris",
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"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellus",
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"accusative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "velleribus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vellus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "vellera",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "la-noun"
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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"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
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"fleece",
"fleece"
]
],
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"declension-3",
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},
{
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"The hide or pelt of an animal"
],
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[
"hide",
"hide"
],
[
"pelt",
"pelt"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
]
],
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"declension-3",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈu̯el.lus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛlːʲʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"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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