"molossus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: molossuses [plural], molossi [plural], molosse [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin molossus, from Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós), properly "belonging to the Molossians", a people in the eastern part of Epirus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|molossus}} Latin molossus, {{uder|en|grc|μολοσσός}} Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|molossi}} molossus (plural molossuses or molossi)
  1. (poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.
    Sense id: en-molossus-en-noun-J2RS7vN3 Categories (other): Poetry, English undefined derivations Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: molosse [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} molossus
  1. Obsolete form of molasses. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: molasses Translations (metrical foot): μολοσσός (molossós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Molossus [masculine] (German), molossus [masculine] (Latin), extensipes [masculine] (Latin), pes hippius (Latin)
    Sense id: en-molossus-en-noun-VOYkSbMA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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