"-cles" meaning in Latin

See -cles in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:-κλῆς|text=+|title=-clēs|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-κλῆς", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-clēs", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="-clēs"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês). Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-clēs<3>|acc_sg=-clem/-clēn|g=m|gen_sg=-clis/-clī|voc_sg=-clē}} -clēs m (genitive -clis or -clī); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-clēs<3>|acc_sg=-clem/-clēn|gen_sg=-clis/-clī|voc_sg=-clē}} Forms: -clēs [canonical, masculine], -clis [genitive], -clī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -clēs [nominative, singular], -clēs [nominative, plural], -clis [genitive, singular], -clī [genitive, singular], -clum [genitive, plural], -clī [dative, singular], -clibus [dative, plural], -clem [accusative, singular], -clēn [accusative, singular], -clēs [accusative, plural], -cle [ablative, singular], -clibus [ablative, plural], -clē [singular, vocative], -clēs [plural, vocative]
  1. An element found in given names from Ancient Greek. Tags: declension-3
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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-cles"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "-clès"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-cle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-cles"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-cles"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:-κλῆς",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "-clēs",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-κλῆς\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-clēs\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"-clēs\">\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēn",
          "-clen#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clē",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clē",
          "-cle#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-clēs<3>",
        "acc_sg": "-clem/-clēn",
        "g": "m",
        "gen_sg": "-clis/-clī",
        "voc_sg": "-clē"
      },
      "expansion": "-clēs m (genitive -clis or -clī); third declension",
      "name": "la-suffix-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-clēs<3>",
        "acc_sg": "-clem/-clēn",
        "gen_sg": "-clis/-clī",
        "voc_sg": "-clē"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An element found in given names from Ancient Greek."
      ],
      "id": "en--cles-la-name-XfMLJ2CA",
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cles"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "-cles"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "-clès"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-cle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-cles"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-cles"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:-κλῆς",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "-clēs",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-κλῆς\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-clēs\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"-clēs\">\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clī",
          "-cli#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēn",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēn",
          "-clen#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clē",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clē",
          "-cle#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-clēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-clēs",
          "-cles#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-clēs<3>",
        "acc_sg": "-clem/-clēn",
        "g": "m",
        "gen_sg": "-clis/-clī",
        "voc_sg": "-clē"
      },
      "expansion": "-clēs m (genitive -clis or -clī); third declension",
      "name": "la-suffix-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-clēs<3>",
        "acc_sg": "-clem/-clēn",
        "gen_sg": "-clis/-clī",
        "voc_sg": "-clē"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine suffixes",
        "Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin third declension suffixes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An element found in given names from Ancient Greek."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cles"
}

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