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{
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"roman": "kharaktēriázō",
"word": "χαρακτηριάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kharaktērízō",
"word": "χαρακτηρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kharaktḗrisma",
"word": "χαρακτήρισμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kharaktērismós",
"word": "χαρακτηρισμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kharaktēristéon",
"word": "χαρακτηριστέον"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kharaktēristikós",
"word": "χαρακτηριστικός"
}
],
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "cop",
"2": "ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ"
},
"expansion": "Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ (kharaktēr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ (kharaktēr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "character",
"bor": "yes"
},
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},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: character (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "χαρακτήρας"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras)"
}
],
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{
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"1": "grc",
"2": "χαράσσω",
"3": "-τήρ",
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"t1": "I scratch, engrave"
},
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"name": "affix"
}
],
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{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "khărăktḗr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ὁ χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"roman": "ho khărăktḗr",
"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "οἱ χᾰρᾰκτῆρες",
"roman": "hoi khărăktêres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"roman": "toû khărăktêros",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήροιν",
"roman": "khărăktḗroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρων",
"roman": "khărăktḗrōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ χᾰρᾰκτῆρῐ",
"roman": "tôi khărăktêrĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήροιν",
"roman": "khărăktḗroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖς χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs khărăktêrsĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs khărăktêrsĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰ",
"roman": "tòn khărăktêră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοὺς χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰς",
"roman": "toùs khărăktêrăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"roman": "khărăktḗr",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρες",
"roman": "khărăktêres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"2": "m",
"3": "third",
"head": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ"
},
"expansion": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ • (khărăktḗr) m (genitive χᾰρᾰκτῆρος); third declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"2": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος"
},
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}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 28 10 23 6 14 6",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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{
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"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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]
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"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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],
[
"stamp",
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[
"seal",
"seal"
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]
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 28 10 23 6 14 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 12 13 28 7 18 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 16 12 26 7 17 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τήρ",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"reproduction, representation"
],
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"reproduction",
"reproduction"
],
[
"representation",
"representation"
]
]
},
{
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],
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"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
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"character",
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]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "14 28 10 23 6 14 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 14 14 4 23 28 4",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "grc",
"name": "Writing",
"orig": "grc:Writing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"characteristic, character"
],
"id": "en-χαρακτήρ-grc-noun-Jx6Zfnlu",
"links": [
[
"characteristic",
"characteristic"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"style"
],
"id": "en-χαρακτήρ-grc-noun-y4brLZFN",
"links": [
[
"style",
"style"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rak.tɛ̌ːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rak.tɛ̌ːr/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rakˈte̝r/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "χαρακτήρ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
"Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τήρ",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Tools",
"grc:Writing"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "kharaktēriázō",
"word": "χαρακτηριάζω"
},
{
"roman": "kharaktērízō",
"word": "χαρακτηρίζω"
},
{
"roman": "kharaktḗrisma",
"word": "χαρακτήρισμα"
},
{
"roman": "kharaktērismós",
"word": "χαρακτηρισμός"
},
{
"roman": "kharaktēristéon",
"word": "χαρακτηριστέον"
},
{
"roman": "kharaktēristikós",
"word": "χαρακτηριστικός"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "cop",
"2": "ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ"
},
"expansion": "Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ (kharaktēr)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Coptic: ⲭⲁⲣⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣ (kharaktēr)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "character",
"bor": "yes"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: character",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: character (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "χαρακτήρας"
},
"expansion": "Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: χαρακτήρας (charaktíras)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "χαράσσω",
"3": "-τήρ",
"pos2": "agent noun suffix",
"t1": "I scratch, engrave"
},
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"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, engrave”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "khărăktḗr",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-3",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Third declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "ὁ χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"roman": "ho khărăktḗr",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "οἱ χᾰρᾰκτῆρες",
"roman": "hoi khărăktêres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"roman": "toû khărăktêros",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήροιν",
"roman": "khărăktḗroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρων",
"roman": "khărăktḗrōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ χᾰρᾰκτῆρῐ",
"roman": "tôi khărăktêrĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήροιν",
"roman": "khărăktḗroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖς χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs khărăktêrsĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs khărăktêrsĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰ",
"roman": "tòn khărăktêră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοὺς χᾰρᾰκτῆρᾰς",
"roman": "toùs khărăktêrăs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"roman": "khărăktḗr",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρε",
"roman": "khărăktêre",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρες",
"roman": "khărăktêres",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος",
"2": "m",
"3": "third",
"head": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ"
},
"expansion": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ • (khărăktḗr) m (genitive χᾰρᾰκτῆρος); third declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "χᾰρᾰκτήρ",
"2": "χᾰρᾰκτῆρος"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"instrument used for engraving"
],
"links": [
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"engraving",
"engrave"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"person who engraves, engraver"
],
"links": [
[
"engraver",
"engraver"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"impress, stamp, seal"
],
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[
"impress",
"impress"
],
[
"stamp",
"stamp"
],
[
"seal",
"seal"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"reproduction, representation"
],
"links": [
[
"reproduction",
"reproduction"
],
[
"representation",
"representation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"figure, letter, character"
],
"links": [
[
"figure",
"figure"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"characteristic, character"
],
"links": [
[
"characteristic",
"characteristic"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"style"
],
"links": [
[
"style",
"style"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rak.tɛ̌ːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rak.tɛ̌ːr/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰa.rakˈte̝r/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/xa.rakˈtir/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "χαρακτήρ"
}
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