See vervex on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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}
],
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},
{
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"name": "desc"
}
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{
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"table-tags"
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"ablative",
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]
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"wether (castrated ram)"
],
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},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "asinus"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "bārō"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "buccō"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "caudex"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "cucurbita"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "fatuus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "frutex"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "fungus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "gurdus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "maccus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "matula"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "stīpes"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "truncus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "vacerra"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "vervēx"
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈu̯er.u̯eːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛru̯eːks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈver.veks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛrveks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "vervex"
}
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"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Latin third declension nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"word": "vervēceus"
},
{
"word": "vervēcīnus"
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{
"word": "vervēlla"
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"args": {
"1": "sc",
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"3": "verveche",
"4": "brebei"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
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"table-tags"
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{
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vervēcem",
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"accusative",
"singular"
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"accusative",
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},
{
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"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "vervēcibus",
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"ablative",
"plural"
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{
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"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"wether (castrated ram)"
],
"links": [
[
"wether",
"wether"
],
[
"castrate",
"castrate#English"
],
[
"ram",
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]
],
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],
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[
"blockhead",
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],
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],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "asinus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "bārō"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "blennus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "buccō"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "caudex"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "cucurbita"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "fatuus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "frutex"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "fungus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "gurdus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "maccus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "matula"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "stīpes"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "truncus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "vacerra"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:homo stultus",
"word": "vervēx"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"derogatory"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈu̯er.u̯eːks/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛru̯eːks]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈver.veks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛrveks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "vervex"
}
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