"-a" meaning in Latin

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [a] [Classical-Latin], [a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender). For the use to form masculine agent nouns from verb roots, compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*-ā<id:nominal>|id=nominal}}, {{der|la|itc-pro|*-ā}} Proto-Italic *-ā, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-éh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-h₂|pos=suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender}} Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender), {{m+|la|poeta}} Latin poeta, {{m+|grc|ποιητής}} Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs) Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -a
  1. inflection of -us:
    nominative/vocative feminine singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, morpheme, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: -us
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-NZDxZG42 Categories (other): Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension: 14 5 2 23 23 24 8
  2. inflection of -us:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
    Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: -us
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-29-~dW9Z Categories (other): Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15
  3. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: -s
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-N16R1x8i Categories (other): Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [a] [Classical-Latin], [a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender). For the use to form masculine agent nouns from verb roots, compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*-ā<id:nominal>|id=nominal}}, {{der|la|itc-pro|*-ā}} Proto-Italic *-ā, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-éh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-h₂|pos=suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender}} Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender), {{m+|la|poeta}} Latin poeta, {{m+|grc|ποιητής}} Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs) Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-a<1>|g=f|g2=m}} -a f or m (genitive -ae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-a<1>}} Forms: -ae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -a [nominative, singular], -ae [nominative, plural], -ae [genitive, singular], -ārum [genitive, plural], -ae [dative, singular], -īs [dative, plural], -am [accusative, singular], -ās [accusative, plural], -ā [ablative, singular], -īs [ablative, plural], -a [singular, vocative], -ae [plural, vocative]
  1. suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns
    used to form a female counterpart of a masculine noun denoting a male
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-la:feminine Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension, Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension, Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension: 14 5 2 23 23 24 8 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension: 7 7 3 21 21 23 19 Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15
  2. suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns
    used in substantivised feminine adjective forms, with ellipsis of an implicit feminine head noun
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-la:feminine1 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension, Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension, Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension: 14 5 2 23 23 24 8 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension: 7 7 3 21 21 23 19 Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15
  3. suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns
    (Late Latin) added to the stem of a third-declension noun to adapt its inflection to that of a feminine first-declension noun
    Tags: Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-la:feminine1 Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension, Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension, Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension: 14 5 2 23 23 24 8 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension: 7 7 3 21 21 23 19 Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15
  4. suffix used to form (usually masculine) agent nouns from the roots of (usually compound) verbs Tags: declension-1, feminine, masculine, morpheme Synonyms (suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms masculine agent nouns): -ō¹
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-la:agent_noun Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension, Latin suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension: 7 7 3 21 21 23 19 Disambiguation of Latin suffixes with multiple genders: 2 15 10 18 18 22 15 Disambiguation of 'suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms masculine agent nouns': 16 16 20 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [aː] [Classical-Latin], [a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ā [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Latin -ād, first-declension ablative singular ending. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|itc-ola:-ād<id:ablative>|id=adverbial|title=-ā}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|-ād}} Old Latin -ād Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ā}} -ā
  1. ablative feminine singular of -us Tags: ablative, feminine, form-of, morpheme, singular Form of: -us
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-Q6iblwsA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [aː] [Classical-Latin], [a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ā [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Latin -ād, first-declension ablative singular ending. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|itc-ola:-ād<id:ablative>|id=adverbial|title=-ā}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|-ād}} Old Latin -ād Head templates: {{head|la|suffix|not comparable|cat2=adverb-forming suffixes|head=-ā}} -ā (not comparable)
  1. suffixed chiefly to the stems of adjectives terminating in -ter, forms adverbs which are frequently also used as prepositions Tags: morpheme, not-comparable
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-la:adverb Categories (other): Latin entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [aː] [Classical-Latin], [a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ā [canonical]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form|head=-ā}} -ā
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation) Tags: active, form-of, imperative, morpheme, present, second-person, singular Form of: -ō (extra: first conjugation)
    Sense id: en--a-la-suffix-m1ymAhJL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        "2": ":inh",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "poeta"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin poeta",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ποιητής"
      },
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      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix form"
      },
      "expansion": "-a",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "14 5 2 23 23 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
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        "nominative/vocative feminine singular"
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          "-us",
          "-us#Latin"
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        "singular",
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          "_dis": "2 15 10 18 18 22 15",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "word": "-us"
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        "nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural"
      ],
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          "-us#Latin"
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        "nominative",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "-s"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "-s",
          "-s#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-a"
}

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        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*-ā<id:nominal>",
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      },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "poeta"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "grc",
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      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-īs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-am",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-īs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-a<1>",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-a f or m (genitive -ae); first declension",
      "name": "la-suffix-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-a<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 2 23 23 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 3 21 21 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 10 18 18 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "equus m (“horse”) + -a → equa f (“female horse, mare”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "flāmen m (“flamen”) + -a → flāmina f (“wife of a flamen”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "magister m (“master, instructor”) + -a → magistra f (“mistress, instructress”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns",
        "used to form a female counterpart of a masculine noun denoting a male"
      ],
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      "senseid": [
        "la:feminine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 2 23 23 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 3 21 21 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 10 18 18 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "medicus (“doctor”) + -īnus (adjective-forming suffix) + -a → medicīna f (“medicine”), a type of ars f (“art”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cōnferveō + -us (adjective-forming suffix) + -a → cōnferva f, a type of herba f (“plant”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cōnsolidō + -us (adjective-forming suffix) + -a → cōnsolida f, a type of herba f (“plant”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns",
        "used in substantivised feminine adjective forms, with ellipsis of an implicit feminine head noun"
      ],
      "id": "en--a-la-suffix-la:feminine1",
      "links": [
        [
          "substantivised",
          "substantivised#English"
        ],
        [
          "ellipsis",
          "ellipsis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:feminine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 5 2 23 23 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 3 21 21 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 10 18 18 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "lendis, lendin- f + -a → lendina f",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pūlex, pūlic- m + -a → *pūlica f",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns",
        "added to the stem of a third-declension noun to adapt its inflection to that of a feminine first-declension noun"
      ],
      "id": "en--a-la-suffix-la:feminine1",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns",
        "(Late Latin) added to the stem of a third-declension noun to adapt its inflection to that of a feminine first-declension noun"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:feminine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 3 11 12 24 24 4 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 3 21 21 23 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 15 10 18 18 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin suffixes with multiple genders",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "adveniō + -a → advena",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ager + colō + -a → agricola",
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    }
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}

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          "text": "citer + -ā → citrā"
        },
        {
          "text": "exter + -ā → extrā"
        },
        {
          "text": "in- + -ter + -ā → intrā"
        },
        {
          "text": "ulter + -ā → ultrā"
        }
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        "suffixed chiefly to the stems of adjectives terminating in -ter, forms adverbs which are frequently also used as prepositions"
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          "-ter",
          "-ter#Latin"
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        "second-person singular present active imperative of -ō (first conjugation)"
      ],
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          "-ō",
          "-o#Latin"
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}

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